Strict visa requirements for Aussies entering PNG
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| PNG PM Peter O'neill wants strict Visa requirements Aussies |
Prime Minister Peter O’Neill told Parliament last Friday that it would be one of the most important topics on the PNG-Australia ministerial meeting agenda in Australia next month.
He said if the Australian government insisted on granting PNG citizens tourist and business visa on arrival, then PNG would reciprocate.
There had been some improvements for travellers to Brisbane.
He will forward the request to Foreign Affairs and Immigration minister Rimbink Pato who is in Sri Lanka for the Commonwealth heads of government meeting to discuss with his Australian counterpart as well.
Bogia MP John Hickey told Parliament that the Australia’s visa requirements were stringent and it was hard for PNG tourists and business people to enter that country.
He said a good bilateral relationship was important and Australia should relax its visa requirements.
He said it took a month to apply for a visa to visit Australia while Australians coming to PNG were granted visa on arrival.
“Some of those visitors to PNG are a security-risk to this nation and we should reciprocate their visa requirements,” Hickey said.
PNG Today/The National
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