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Australia Prime Minister spends the night camping on Kokoda Track
ABC NEWS (Australia)
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4/24/2024
After an elaborate tribal welcome to the mountains of Papua New Guinea, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has spent the night camping on the Kokoda Track.
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Here in the Owen Stanley Ranges on the Kokoda Track, both Prime Ministers of Australia and
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Papua New Guinea, Anthony Albanese and James Marape, have spent the night under stars,
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camping here at Deneke Campground after hiking for several hours yesterday up to this site
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and climbing several hundred metres in elevation.
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They were welcomed as they passed through villages along the track with flowers, songs
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and stories.
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They were joined on this trek by the local Governor of Oro Province, as well as a phalanx
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of security, advisers, porters and us in the media too.
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They'll continue towards Isarava Village for an Anzac Day dawn service tomorrow where as
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many as 400 people will commemorate a pivotal battle on the Kokoda Track in 1942.
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Now the purpose for this unprecedented joint trek has been made clear by both leaders.
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They want to acknowledge a shared history, to embody the friendship of the two nations
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and to promote peace in the region.
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At a time when China is looking to increase its influence in the region, the personal
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friendship being forged on these muddy tracks between Anthony Albanese and James Marape
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helps build a closer relationship between the two countries.
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