PNG to represent Pacific at China summit

6:02 pm on 17 April 2019

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill will represent the Pacific at a meeting in China next week on the Belt and Road initiative.

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill on the election campaign trail in Chimbu Province.

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill on the election campaign trail in Chimbu Province. Photo: PMO Media

The Belt and Road Forum will bring together dozens of heads of state to discuss cooperation in China's trillion-dollar global infrastructure drive.

The Post Courier reported Mr O'Neill saying he would represent the Pacific region in order to draw a blueprint for future Belt and Road work.

Several Pacific countries, including PNG, have signed up to the initiative.

On Tuesday, PNG ministers broke ground at a new China town for the capital, Port Moresby, worth nearly $US30 million.