Vanuatu Signed Australia's Pact While Keeping China's Door Open
Australia has the Pacific security pact it wanted with Vanuatu. What it does not have is the veto it asked for. When Anthony Albanese and his Vanuatu counterpart, Jotham Napat, signed the Nakamal Agreement in Canberra on Monday, both leaders turned to the language of partnership and triumph. The treaty bars foreign military bases from the archipelago and keeps Australia as Vanuatu's primary policing partner. Canberra has also committed to long-term development funding, a figure first set at A$5
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