New Zealand High Commissioner Sue Mackwell officially signed the documents today in Port Moresby with APEC Minister Justin Tkatchenko.
New Zealand was one of the first economies to support PNG’s bid to host APEC 2018.
In 2017, the New Zealand government established a NZ$8 million APEC Fund to support PNG’s host year.
“We have now completed the assessment of the first round of applications to the fund.