Papua New Guinea's Defence Force has been conducting training exercises in preparation for the country hosting the APEC leaders summit.
Opposition MPs have raised concern about the $US80-million cost of hosting APEC and a planned lavish structure in Port Moresby. Photo: Supplied/ PNG Government Website
PNG is to host leaders from countries in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation grouping in Port Moresby in November
According to the newspaper The National, Defence Force engineering battalion soldiers have been training a range of high-risk search drills in PNG's second city of Lae.
Operations officer Major Nukama Mote says it's part of upskilling soldiers to cope with bomb threats and other life-threatening situations in hotels, sporting complexes, shops and hospitals.
Twenty soldiers have been doing a similar exercise near Moresby.
