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Australian PM says Vanuatu security, climate agreement delayed

The once iconic Holiday Inn villas in Port Vila, Vanuatu, sit partially sunken on July 19, 2025, after being hit by multiple cyclones and an earthquake that caused irreparable damage [Annika Hammerschlag/AP Photo]

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who is visiting Vanuatu, has said he will not be signing a landmark security and climate resilience agreement with the Pacific island nation as was expected.

“I wouldn’t expect that it would be signed today, but what we will do is progress it,” Albanese said in a radio interview with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on Tuesday morning.

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