PNG's government remains in crisis with veteran leader Michael Somare attempting to rule from a hotel and MPs backing ousted premier Peter O'Neill storming the governor-general's gates.
Mr O'Neill said Governor-General Sir Michael Ogio had met with him briefly on Tuesday, after a tense stand-off between his MPs and police at government house ended without violence, and had agreed to meet Sir Michael on Wednesday.
The Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea ruled on Monday in a three-two decision that Mr O'Neill's August election was unconstitutional and that Sir Michael should be reinstated as prime minister.
The decision triggered a stand-off on Tuesday, when 60 MPs loyal to Mr O'Neill stormed past armed guards at the gates of government house and insisted on a meeting with the governor-general.
"I cannot discuss the details of that meeting because he has to afford the same level of courtesy to the grand chief (Somare)," Mr O'Neill said.
"He will meet with the grand chief tomorrow. He will then write to both of us and to express his decision on the best way to move forward."
Mr O'Neill's treasurer Don Polye had urged the MPs to be peaceful amid a heavily armed police presence. "We must sit.
There is no need for shooting. I urge you all to sit down and be peaceful," Mr Polye said. Some of the police guarding government house are loyal to Sir Michael.
One of Sir Michael's first acts when the Supreme Court ordered he return to government was to reinstate former police commissioner Fred Yakasa and oust O'Neill's appointee Tom Kulunga.
Both men were present at government house and were seen holding discussions with Mr Polye and MPs loyal to Mr O'Neill.
There have been no reports of violence in Port Moresby associated with Monday's court decision and Tuesday's upheaval. As he left government house Mr O'Neill said parliament would sit on Wednesday.
Before the standoff at government house Mr O'Neill's MPs were at parliament house discussing the passage of Mr Polye's 10.5 billion kina ($A4.85 billion) budget, the largest in Papua New Guinea's history.
Sir Michael is understood to be at the popular Ela Beach Hotel, where he has set up cabinet made up mostly of ministers from his previous government.
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