Australia and Vanuatu sign pact excluding foreign military bases

Australia and Vanuatu signed a security and economic cooperation agreement.

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The text explicitly bans foreign military bases on Vanuatu's soil.

Canberra commits to strengthening development aid in the Pacific.

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