On 22 May 2023, the United States and Papua New Guinea concluded, among others, an Agreement Concerning Counter Illicit Transnational Maritime Activity Operations, which “addresses a range of maritime threats including illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, drug trafficking, migrant smuggling, and illicit transport of weapons of mass destruction (WMD)”. The text is not yet public, but the press release notes the inclusion of shiprider arrangements, maritime interdiction mechanisms and maritime domain awareness, among others. Other similar bilateral agreements on maritime interdiction, law enforcement and shipriders have been concluded previously, including similar titles, such as, USA/Nauru (2011), USA/Senegal (2011), USA/Tuvalu (2011), USA/Samoa (2012), USA/Micronesia (2014) and USA/Seychelles (2021).
USA/PNG: Agreement Concerning Counter Illicit Transnational Maritime Activity Operations
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