Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia seek to boost security ties at 1st trilateral defence ministers' meeting

FILE PHOTO: Papua New Guinea Minister for Defence, Dr. Billy Joseph visited Jakarta at the invitation of the Indonesian Minister for Defence, Shafrie Shamsuddin for the Indo Defence 2025 Expo and Forum in June, 2025. - PNG Ministry of Defence/Facebook

ISTANBUL: Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Australia moved to strengthen security ties during their first-ever trilateral defence ministers’ meeting, Anadolu Ajansi reported.

Papua New Guinea’s Defence Minister Billy Joseph hosted Indonesian Defence Minister Shafrie Shamsuddin and Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles on Wednesday (Dec 3) in Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea.