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Bougainville president accuses Richard Marles of making 'veiled threats' against independence aspirations

Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama has struck back at the Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles's comments in support of Papua New Guinea last week as an attack on Bougainville's aspirations for independence.

Mr Marles told journalists after talks with Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape on Thursday that Australia would support PNG and decisions it will make with Bougainville.

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