"Modi leads India-Pacific summit with Pacific Island leaders in Papua New Guinea"
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with Pacific Island leaders in Papua New Guinea to discuss cooperation in commerce, technology, healthcare, and climate change. The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, is also scheduled to meet with leaders and sign a defence agreement with Papua New Guinea, which includes $45 million in new funds for economic and security cooperation, climate change mitigation, and tackling transnational crime and HIV/AIDS. The agreement would boost PNG's defence infrastructure and capability after decades of neglect. Several universities held protests at campuses against the signing of the Defence Cooperation Agreement, amid concern it would upset China.
