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Cooperation betweenPapua New Guinea and theEuropean Union is developed in the framework ofCotonou Agreement within the widerACP–EU development cooperation.[1] While neighboringAustralia as the largest donor is the only country which provides direct budget supports, European Union is one of the major other sources of international assistance in the country.[2] Since 2011 European Union is the second largest export market accounting for 9.2% of total exports by the country.[3]
Papua New Guinea was one of the countries in the region actively involved in initiatives to replace theLomé Convention with the Regional Economic Partnership Agreement with EU, ultimately leading to a couple of separate bilateral agreements.[4] Papua New Guinea signed Lome II, III and IV Conventions in which it identified rural and human resources development as principal sectors for development assistance.[2]
In 2002, theEuropean Commission Election Exploratory mission visited the country but advised against full scale EU electoral observation of the2002 Papua New Guinean general election due to security concerns.[5] In 2007 two sides signed an interim-Economic Partnership Agreement exempting tariff and quota limitations for canned tuna and smoked loins produced in Papua New Guinea.[6] Two sides signed 2014-2020 National Indicative Programme (NIP) by which European Union committed allocation of 184 million€ of development aid subdivided into 85 million for rural entrepreneurship, investment and trade, 60 million for water, sanitation and hygiene, 30 million for education and 9 million for support measures.[1]
In March 2021, in the context of vaccine dispute betweenBrussels andCanberra,Prime Minister of AustraliaScott Morrison urged European Union to send 1 millionCOVID-19 vaccines to Papua New Guinea, the request which was accepted following month.[7][8]
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