PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) — China has strengthened its bilateral relationship with Papua New Guinea when it signed a 20 million yuan ($2.5 million) agreement toward developmental projects in PNG.
The vice premier of the state council of China, Zeng Peiyan, and PNG Foreign Affairs Secretary Gabriel Pepson signed the economic and technical cooperation agreement on Friday.
Two letters of exchanges for implementing the Usino Junction/Yamagi road project in Madang province and for the rehabilitation and extension of the Highlands Agriculture Institute in Western Highlands province were also signed.
The cooperation agreements between the two countries were signed during a two-day visit to PNG by Zeng and his delegation which comprised of state ministers, vice ministers and head of organizations from both public and private sectors.
The PNG delegation led by Pepson included Deputy Prime Minister and Transport and Civil Aviation Minister Don Polye, Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Paul Tiensten, Mining Minister Sam Akoitai, Works Minister Gabriel Kapris and Commerce and Industry Minister Michael Nali.
Also last Friday, Polye and Zeng held bilateral discussions on several topics which included stocktake of trade, economic and technical cooperation commitments, regional and multilateral relations and also an overview of PNG/China bilateral relations.