Forum Chair calls for regional solidarity
Fijian Prime Minister and Pacific Islands Forum Chair Voreqe Bainimarama has called for regional solidarity.
This follows the two-day high-level political dialogue held in Suva,...
Micronesian members will stay in Pacific Islands Forum
By Samantha Magick
“I think that big dark, dark cloud that has been hanging over the Pacific has evaporated from this meeting.”
That was Federated States...
‘We should focus less on what China is doing’: Australia’s new Pacific minister outlines...
Australia's new Pacific Minister Pat Conroy said his government is keen to revamp its relationship with the Pacific, but not as a result of...
We’ll let the big boys play: Forum SG Puna
Pacific leaders are aware that the region is being used as a strategic space for power-plays by powerful countries like China, Australia and the...
PM Ardern denies NZ is asleep at wheel as China pushes into Pacific
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has denied New Zealand is asleep at the wheel as China continues its push into the Pacific.
New Zealand has been...
Pacific Island Forum’s leadership crisis comes into focus as leaders arrive in Fiji to...
Several top Pacific Island leaders will today sit down for an extraordinary meeting that they hope will resolve the leadership crisis threatening to split...
Pacific leaders dialogue over Micronesia and China
A Micronesian head of the Pacific's regional political body says regional stability and security, and the China Economic and Security Deal will be on...
French court upholds New Caledonia referendum outcome
A legal challenge aimed to annul the result of last December's referendum on New Caledonia's independence from France has failed.
The highest administrative court in...
Ambassador Kyota: ‘U.S military presence in Palau is a good sign’
The U.S military will hold its first Patriot live-fire exercise in the Republic of Palau on 15 June.
Air Defence Artillery Battalion based out of...
Doors open to China for security aid: PNG Foreign Affairs Minister
The Papua New Guinea Government says it will keep its doors open to China for any discussion on foreign assistance in terms of security...
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