Papua New Guinea Enters Into Early Talks with Beijing Over Potential Security Deal

The Papua New Guinea (PNG) government has revealed that it is currently in early talks with the Chinese communist regime over a security agreement, just one month after signing a “historic” $200 million (US$132 million) deal with Australia. On Jan. 29, PNG Foreign Minister Justin Tkachenko dropped the bombshell announcement when he said his government was considering an offer by the communist regime to provide PNG’s police force with training, equipment, and surveillance technology. The foreign minister said the Chinese communist regime had approached the PNG government in September to promote the deal, but his government had not accepted it. “They are one of our biggest trading partners, but they have offered to assist our policing and security on the internal security side,” he said, as reported by Reuters....