DISCUSSIONS
are going on between Canberra and Port Moresby to upgrade the PNG Defence Force
Lombrum naval base in Manus Island. Australian Defence Secretary Greg Moriarty
said Australia would likely to shoulder most of the costs.
“We would take the lion’s share of the funding if discussions
go well,” Moriarty said.
The Australian Government is expected to spend $40
million on Defence projects in PNG this financial year – 2018.
The Lombrum naval base was built by US forces in 1944, an
800 square-mile rock in the Bismarck Sea and they built wharves, a 900-foot
runway and accommodation for tens of thousands of troops. It was a venue for
trials of Japanese war criminals.
Foreign media reports PNG Island touted as potential base
for US and Australia warships. - Via Garamut News.
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