Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister has toasted China’s achievements and thanked Beijing for its economic and social support ...

The Pukpuk Treaty between Papua New Guinea and Australia has been hailed as a landmark military agreement, with both prime ministers reportedly agreeing on the text but holding off on signing. But ...

Australian PM Albanese fails to sign mutual defence pact a week after also failing to sign security deal with Vanuatu.

Papua New Guinea’s prime minister has asked Australian media to “give respect to China” while denying Beijing had “any hand” in delaying a historic mutual defence pact with Australia.

Images of Xi Jinping’s envoy meeting with Papua New Guinea’s PM have raised fresh questions about Anthony Albanese’s failure ...

A scheduling issue is one reason, but there are other factors that underscore why the defense treaty has yet to be signed.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, arriving in Papua New Guinea on Monday, said he expects to sign a defence treaty on Wednesday that lifts ties with Australia's closest Pacific neighbour to the ...

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has failed to secure the highly-anticipated defence treaty between Australia and Papua New Guinea, dealing him another major diplomatic setback. Prime Minister Anthony ...

The postponement was Canberra’s latest stumble as it seeks to counterbalance Beijing’s expanding presence and clout in the ...

Returning home without a PNG defence treaty would be another blow for Albanese after Vanuatu shelved plans to sign a security deal with Australia last week.

Australia and Papua New Guinea will be legally obliged to defend each other from a military attack on either territory under a landmark defence treaty, the ABC can reveal.