Faced with Australian pressure, then Foreign Minister Yaki retorted that PNG is an independent country, not a territory of Australia, and Australia had no reason to interfere in PNG's foreign relations.
面對澳洲的壓力，巴紐前外長亞基曾說，巴紐是獨立國家，不是澳洲的第七個州，澳洲沒有理由干涉巴紐的外交關係。