WELLINGTON, June 17 (Reuters) – Pacific security issues can and should be dealt with by regional nations, Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa said on Friday, while adding that China’s size made it an attractive economic partner. China’s growing influence in the Pacific and the…
PORT MORESBY, June 3 (Xinhua) — The sound relations between China and Papua New Guinea (PNG) will boost regional peace and development, visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here Friday. Wang, who held talks here with Soroi Eoe, minister of foreign…
(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…
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…
Australia (ABC News) — Pacific Island countries have agreed not to sign a region-wide trade and security deal with China after a high-level meeting between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his counterparts from 10 Pacific nations in Fiji. China was seeking a wide-ranging deal that covered free trade,…
A reporter of the Agence France Presse yesterday claimed that they were barred from the press conference hosted by China State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi in the Solomon Islands. In yesterday’s media conference with Spokesperson Wang Wenbin, the unnamed AFP reporter raised this…
Visiting several Pacific island countries, China Foreign Minister Wang Yi recently met with Acting Governor General Patteson Oti of Solomon Islands, and had talks with Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele, as confirmed by Spokesman Wang Wenbin. Echoing Wang Yi, he said, “China will, as always, firmly support…
Clarifying the statement made by United States President Biden regarding the defense of Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III reiterated the country’s commitment to the “One-China Policy.” At a press briefing on May 23, Secretary Austin told…
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin could not be any more unequivocal with regards to China’s stand on the Taiwan issue: a big and unemphatic “NO” to independence. In yesterday’s press conference, Wang reiterated China’s intent to stymie a Taiwanese separation and intervention by a third…
China Foreign Ministry has confirmed that the second China-Pacific Island Countries Foreign Ministers’ will be held in Fiji. Spokesperson Wang Wenbin confirmed at a media conference May 24th, “State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will host the second China-Pacific Island Countries Foreign Ministers’ Meeting…
