AKASHVANI SAMACHAR BHARTI 2017

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Persons With Disabilities(Equal Opportunities,Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act,1995

Vanuatu has denied holding talks with Beijing to establish a Chinese military base on its soil.

Foreign Minister Ralph Regenvanu today said no one in the Vanuatu government has ever talked about a Chinese military base in the country of any sort. He was reacting to an Australian Media report that China had approached Vanuatu to establish a permanent military presence in the South Pacific.

Talking to Australian Broadcasting Corporation the Foreign Minister said Vanuatu is a non-aligned country and not interested in militarisation.

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull told reporters in Brisbane that his country would view with great concern the establishment of any foreign military bases in those Pacific island countries and neighbours of Australia.

Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said she was confident that her nation remained Vanuatu's strategic partner of choice.

China has not commented on the report. Vanuatu, a string of more than 80 islands sitting between Fiji and New Caledonia, has previously backed Beijing's position on the South China Sea.

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