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Australia boosts PNG defence as treaty looms

United States Richard Marles Australia Penny Wong Jono Searle Jotham Napat

Australia and PNG are strengthening their security relationship through their defence forces. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)

Australia has handed over a dozen armoured troop carriers to Papua New Guinea as the nations finalise a bilateral defence treaty.

Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles was in Port Moresby for the handover of the 12 armoured personnel carriers, which he said were constructed specifically for the PNG Defence Force (PNGDF) in a $3 million commitment.

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