WORLD_ PNG Cabinet Backs New Defence Pact, Elevating Ties With Australia to Full Ally Status

THE EPOCH TIMES 

PNG Cabinet Backs New Defence Pact, Elevating Ties With Australia to Full Ally Status 

The long awaited Pukpuk treaty is now a step closer to being finalised in diplomatic win for Australia against the CCP’s influence in the region.

Papua New Guinea Defence Force soldier Lance Corporal Richard Wamp and Australian Army soldier Gunner Reece Drover transport a M2A2 Howitzer gun at Sir Hubert Murray Stadium in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Courtesy of the Australian Department of Defence 

Rex Widerstrom 
10/2/2025|Updated: 10/2/2025 


Australia has scored a major victory in its Indo-Pacific diplomacy efforts after the Papua New Guinea (PNG) Cabinet, by “an absolute majority,” agreed to ratify a new defence pact. 

The signing of the “Pukpuk Treaty” was postponed two weeks ago amid confusion and mixed messages from PNG’s leaders, and will now go ahead despite threats from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). 

The Pukpuk treaty obliges both countries to “act to meet the common danger” if either comes under attack, effectively elevating PNG’s status to that of an ally on a par with the United States or New Zealand.

Pukpuk will also enable Papua New Guineans to serve in the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and require Australia to spend billions to enhance the capabilities of the PNG Defence Force as part of making the two nations’ militaries interoperable. 

PNG’s Defence Minister Billy Joseph said in a Facebook post on the morning of Oct. 2 that, “Peace must be achieved through strength. No nation must be at (sic) its knees begging for mercy when it comes to matters of sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity. Military strength is achieved through conscious investment in our defence forces balanced by our strategic security alliances.” 

While he did not specifically mention the Pukpuk treaty, Joseph said the Marape government was committed to “entering into strategic alliances for mutual defence, building defence capacities and capabilities, and bring[ing] socio-economic benefits to our people.” 

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