The United States military is being given 'unimpeded access' to key PNG defence facilities, including the joint PNG-Australia Lombrum Naval Base on Manus Island, as part of a sweeping Defence Cooperation Agreement.
abc.net.au/news/us-military-granted-unimpeded-access-to-key-png-facilities/102480288The United States military has been given "unimpeded access" to key PNG defence facilities, including the joint PNG-Australia Lombrum Naval Base on Manus Island, as part of a sweeping Defence Cooperation Agreement.
That includes surveillance, reconnaissance activities, bunkering of vessels and the staging and deploying of forces. Another contentious section of the agreement gives US authorities the "exclusive right to exercise criminal jurisdiction over US personnel."
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