Australia and Vanuatu sign deal to block foreign military bases

Vanuatu-Australia security pact bans ‘foreign’ military bases

Australia and Vanuatu signed a sweeping economic and security agreement on Monday that bars the establishment of any foreign military base on the Pacific island. Vanuatu is at the centre of strategic rivalry between China and US allies in the South Pacific, and Australia has expressed concern that Beijing is seeking a permanent security presence in the region. The agreement commits Australia to greater economic support for Vanuatu, whose largest external creditor is China, and it stops a foreign...

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A long-awaited Australia-Vanuatu pact blocks China from building a military base

Australia and Vanuatu have signed a long-awaited bilateral security and economic treaty that prevents China creating a military base on the South Pacific island nation.

A long-awaited Australia-Vanuatu pact blocks China from building a military base

Australia and Vanuatu have signed a long-awaited bilateral security and economic treaty that prevents China creating a military base on the South Pacific island nation

अस्ट्रेलिया र फिजीबीच रक्षा सम्झौतामा हस्ताक्षर

सुभा। अस्ट्रेलिया र फिजीले सोमबार रक्षा सहयोगसम्बन्धी नयाँ सम्झौतामा हस्ताक्षर गरेका छन्। दक्षिण प्रशान्त क्षेत्रमा सुरक्षा सहकार्य सुदृढ गर्ने उद्देश्यले भएको यो सम्झौतालाई चीनको बढ्दो क्षेत्रीय प्रभावको पृष्ठभूमिमा महत्त्वपूर्ण रूपमा हेरिएको छ। ‘ओसन अफ पिस’ नाम दिइएको सम्झौताअनुसार फिजी अस्ट्रेलियाका सीमित रक्षा साझेदार राष्ट्रहरूको सूचीमा समावेश भएको छ। सम्झौताले दुवै देशलाई पारस्परिक रक्षा तथा सुरक्षा []