Vanuatu prime minister Charlot Salwai says initiative to train officers must not ‘suit the geostrategic denial security postures’ of big countries
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An Australian-backed proposal to set up a Pacific police training hub in Brisbane is facing pushback from some countries in the region over concerns that it is part of a geopolitical play by the west to exclude China.
The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, was due to discuss the issue with his counterparts at the Pacific Islands Forum (Pif) in Tonga on Wednesday amid increasing contest for influence between the US and China.
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