Earlier this week, Vanuatu’s parliament passed an amendment making several potentially significant changes to its national security architecture — including a clause which says foreign advisers working on national security ‘must be stationed at neutral venues or at his or her respective embassy’, and ‘can only access government premises with authorisation by the Minister, subject to appropriate security clearances and oversight’.
While the amendment does not single out any country and will apply across the board, the change — if implemented — will have the biggest impact on Australia and New Zealand.
The Prime Minister Jotham Napat told parliament that the ruling would also apply to Chinese police officers providing training programs in Vanuatu — suggesting that at least some Chinese personnel were also now permanently embedded at police headquarters.
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