Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will travel to Vanuatu as talks progress on a $500 million economic and security deal.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at a press conference in Canberra, Australia, on Aug. 11, 2025. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will fly to Vanuatu to meet with the island nation’s leader Jotham Napat as negotiations around a $500 million (US$335 million) pact between the two are hashed out.
The visit comes prior to Albanese travelling to the Pacific Islands Forum in the Solomon Islands, and it will be the first time the leader has flown to Vanuatu as prime minister.
Crystal-Rose Jones is a reporter based in Australia. She previously worked at News Corp for 16 years as a senior journalist and editor.
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