Australian PM lands in Cook Islands in time for the Forum Leaders retreat
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has arrived in Cook Islands in time for the Forum Leaders retreat to be held in Aitutaki on Wednesday.
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Forum Chair calls for respect from dialogue partners, as 52nd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders...
With the region increasingly the focus of an intensifying contest for influence between super powers, China and the U.S, Cook Islands Prime Minister and...
MSG to appoint Special envoy to engage with Indonesia on West Papua issue
The Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) has agreed to appoint a special envoy to engage in talks with Indonesia on the issue of West Papua.
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U.S and China urged not to bring their rivalry to the Pacific: Forum Chair...
Pacific Islands Forum chair and Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown has launched a broadside against the United States and China, urging them not...
Cook Islands prepares to welcome delegation of 500 for Pacific Islands Forum
The islands of Rarotonga and Aitutaki have been a hive of activity as up to 500 delegates from 18 member nations, international agencies and...
Question mark still remains over who will lead the Forum
With the countdown now on till the Pacific Islands Forum leaders' meeting in Rarotonga, a question mark still remains over who will take over...
Forum to develop regional strategy on labour mobility
By Richard Naidu
The annual meeting of Trade Ministers from the Pacific Islands Forum in Fiji has agreed on the need to develop a...
Pacific yet to receive U.S aid promised by President Biden
The Pacific island nations are hoping they will not have to wait another 12 months for “much-needed” foreign aid promised by the United States.
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Pacific Island summit at White House ‘collaborative’: U.S official
Senior U.S officials said on Friday that a White House summit with a dozen Pacific Islands leaders last week was successful, and that Washington...
For Pacific regionalism to work, we must be willing to work together: Forum Chair...
Pacific Islands Forum Chair and Cook Islands Prime Minister, Mark Brown has emphasised the importance of member states to ‘work together’ as Forum Foreign...
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U.S backs Taiwan’s continued PIF role, warns of China’s ‘malign activities’ in Pacific
The United States on Tuesday strongly backed Taiwan’s continued participation in the Pacific Islands Forum and accused China of pursuing what it called “malign...
Climate finance must be justice, not charity: Solomon Islands PM Wale
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale has called for climate finance to be treated as climate justice, not charity.
Opening the Fifth Pacific Ocean Pacific...
Experts welcome Fiji Kava Bill but warn it could hit rural families
Fiji’s proposed Kava Bill is being welcomed as a chance to strengthen the industry.
But academics are warning that tough new rules could leave small...