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Tess Ikonomou

PNG reaffirms Australia ties after stalled China deal

PNG Foreign Affairs Minister Justin Tkachenko said Australia is the nation's closest partner. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Papua New Guinea isn't considering a policing deal with China and instead believed it was "crystal clear" Australia should be its partner of choice, its foreign minister says.

Following the departure of Chinese Premier Li Qiang from Australia, a group of senior federal ministers visited Port Moresby for annual ministerial talks with the PNG government in a bid to strengthen security ties.

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