(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…
Former Kiribati president Anote Tong, who sees climate change as the greatest security challenge of the region, expressed his disappointment in the politicization of climate change.…
Common stewardship of the maritime resources and the manifold initiatives towards the preservation of the ocean as well as the looming threat of the discharge of contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean have been at the forefront of the conversation as Pacific Islands Forum secretary…
