Papua New Guineas Prime Minister James Marape says the Defense Cooperation Agreement signed between Papua New Guinea and the United States of America was not forced by the United States rather it was Papua New Guinea who invited the United States.
Prime Minister Marape says the agreement is not a move by the United States to counter China’s geopolitics in the region, rather an agreement to improve PNGs military capabilites, these sentiments were shared by US Secretary of State Antony J Blinken, who despite popular theory didn’t mention any involvement of US military in PNG as a counter to Chinas growing military presence in the South China sea.
Prime Minister Marape says the Agreement will be made public to debunk claims of the agreement being undermining of PNGs sovereignty.
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