He emphasized that since its independence, PNG has been under foreign influence, but its people remain poor, lacking in education and basic infrastructure. Thus PNG needs to enter into international cooperative relationships. Taiwan, as an industrialized country with a high GDP, could provide practical help to PNG.
他強調，巴紐獨立以來，受其他國家主導，卻是人民貧窮、缺少教育與基礎建設，因此必須尋求國際夥伴關係，與台灣建交能夠產生實際助益。