Papua New Guinea: its international and diplomatic relations
A brief overview of Papua New Guinea’s international and diplomatic relations, including membership of key international organisations and its missions abroad.
Papua New Guinea has embassies or high commissions in 16 countries, including in Canberra, Australia. Credit: Nick-D, republished under CC BY-SA 3.0 licence.
Membership of international organisations
PNG is a member of the 21-country Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and hosted the annual APEC economic leaders’ meeting in Port Moresby in 2018. It is scheduled to host the event again in 2033.
Other key memberships include the United Nations, UNESCO, the World Trade Organization, the ASEAN Regional Forum, the Pacific Islands Forum, the Melanesian Spearhead Group and the South Pacific Regional Environmental Program.
Diplomatic network
PNG has embassies or high commissions (for Commonwealth countries) in the following countries:
- Australia (Canberra)
- Belgium (Brussels, representing PNG in the European Union)
- China (Beijing)
- India (New Delhi)
- Indonesia (Jakarta)
- Israel (Jerusalem)
- Fiji (Suva)
- Japan (Tokyo)
- Malaysia (Kualu Lumpur)
- New Zealand (Wellington)
- Philippines (Manila)
- Singapore
- Solomon Islands (Honiara)
- South Korea (Seoul)
- United Kingdom (London)
- United States (Washington, D.C.)
It has additional missions in these locations:
- Australia (Brisbane, Cairns, Sydney)
- Indonesia (Jayapura)
- United States (New York)
For a list of foreign diplomatic missions based in Papua New Guinea, click here.
