The Nakamal Agreement is not quite the deal Australia wanted
The long-awaited Australia-Vanuatu Nakamal Agreement (Nakamal) gives Canberra something useful, but it doesn’t appear to be the deal Australia was initially seeking. Australian Prime Minister Anthony…
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