Foreign Affairs Minister, Rimbink Pato, announced this yesterday.
The United States have also shown interest informing PNG they are on stand by to assist where necessary.
“They’ve agreed to form a partnership with PNG on the future arrangement with PNG for the delivery of the best ever Pacific APEC in 2018,” Pato said.
Minister Pato will be meeting Australian Foreign Affairs Minister, Julie Bishop, early next month as well as the New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister, Murray McCully either before that meeting or after.