US to propose new Pacific island initiative

WASHINGTON, United States (Agence France-Press)—The United States plans to propose a new initiative to address Pacific island issues next week as it scrambles to offset China’s thrust into the region, a top White House official said Thursday. Washington is “stepping up across the board” its…

Japan deploys self-defense fleet to Indo-Pacific with eye on China

TOKYO (Kyodo News)—Japan has dispatched a Maritime Self-Defense Force flotilla on a deployment to 11 Indo-Pacific countries and one foreign territory as part of joint naval exercises with the United States and other countries undertaken to counter a more assertive China. In the annual deployment…

US-RMI aim for Compact wrap-up by year-end

MAJURO (Radio New Zealand)—The United States and the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) leaders said after completing the first round of talks last week that they hope to complete negotiations to renew provisions of an economic and security treaty by the end of this…

China’s success in Pacific not entirely on paper

(RNZ Pacific) — Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi co-chaired the virtual China-Pacific Islands foreign ministers meeting with Fijian prime minister Frank Bainimarama in Suva on Monday, as he approached the halfway point in his marathon tour of the region. On the agenda was a region-wide…

‘We were treated like criminals’, says Fijian journalist

A Fijian journalist covering Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s meeting with Pacific leaders in Fiji told ABC News of the media’s displeasure over how they were treated at the two-day event. As the PIC leaders walked away from the proposed trade and security deal, members…

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