-PNG Prime Minister James Marape (R) meets Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Port Moresby Source: Getty / Xinhua News Agency/Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images
With a history of violence and corruption in the country's previous elections, Australia has sent troops to the region to help the process.
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