Qin Gang

“China’s presence not a security threat”

State Counselor and Foreign Minister for China, Qin Gang, has raised China’s concerns on the proposed PNG-Australia Bilateral Security Treaty and its intended purposes. 

Gang reiterated that China’s presence in the Pacific is not a security threat and went on to seek reassurance that the purported bilateral security arrangement with Australia was not in some way seeking to counter China’s influence in PNG and the Pacific.