Prime Minister James Marape informed Parliament on Wednesday 11 January 2023 that he will be responding to Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese after his official address.
“I will reciprocate tomorrow on our nation’s behalf. We entrench our own bilateral relationships for the better going forward.”
The Prime Minister emphasized that Papua New Guinea has a stronger bilateral relationship with Australia that it does with other countries.
“We have more business-to-business, person-to-person, and government-to-government with Australia than we have with all other bilateral relations.”