Penny Wong visits PNG and Timor-Leste as expert warns neighbours are ‘playing the China card’

Foreign affairs minister met PNG leaders on Monday in Port Moresby and will continue to Timor-Leste on Wednesday

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The foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, says Australian aid in the Pacific comes with no strings attached", in a veiled reference to China's expanding power in the region.

Visiting Port Moresby on Monday, Wong said Australia wanted the closest possible relationship" with Papua New Guinea and would work with, and listen to, its government and people.

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