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Fiji’s Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has expressed disappointment at Nauru’s President David Adeang failure to attend the Leaders retreat in Aitutaki today. Adeang walked out of the Forum Leaders Plenary Wednesday when the nomination of Baron Waqa as the next Secretary General was on the agenda for the Leaders deliberation. In an interview with journalists in Aitutaki on their way to...

The validity of the Suva Agreement has been thrown into question after Nauru's President David Adeang walked out of the Forum Leaders plenary in Cook Islands capital, Rarotonga Wednesday when incoming Secretary General's Baron Waqa nomination was put on the agenda for the Leaders discussion. The Suva Agreement is part of a pact to restore Pacific unity after it was...

Forum Secretary General Henry Puna has called on Pacific leaders to use their retreat today in Aitutaki to have honest and frank conversations on the range of issues facing the region today. The leaders will discuss climate change, gender, fisheries, nuclear issues, and trade among others. Leaders also expected to have a talanoa on the controversial issue of appointing the next...

Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has played down suggestion there is a rift among Leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum after reports that Nauru President David Adeang stormed out at the plenary Wednesday when Micronesia's nomination for Secretary General Baron Waqa was on the agenda. The 63-year-old was nominated by Micronesian nations to be the next secretary general from 2024...

Nauru's President David Adeang and his delegation walked out of the Pacific Islands Forum plenary meeting Wednesday as questions are raised about the appointment of former President Baron Waqa to take over in 2024 as the next Secretary General. Diplomatic sources told PACNEWS, Forum Chairman and Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown had ask Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka's intervention...

Australia will provide financial support for Pacific Leaders attending the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) to begin later this month in Dubai. Forum Chair and Cook Islands Prime Minister, Mark Brown made the revelation after the PACP Leaders Meeting Tuesday. "I would like to acknowledge the support from Australia in supporting the Pacific Climate Champions for their attendance at COP28...

The Pacific ACP (PACP) Leaders meeting in Rarotonga this week has endorsed the signing of the Samoa Agreement in Apia next week. This was confirmed by Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown after the PACP Leaders meeting in Rarotonga, Tuesday. "The key outcome was the acknowledgement of the Samoa Agreement signing which will take place in Apia next week. And the...

Pacific Islands Forum Chair and Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown has told Pacific PACP leaders to maximise every opportunity in the international fora to discuss the impacts of climate change facing the region. He said climate change remains a great security threat to many Pacific Islands. Brown said the region is the focus of heightened geostrategic interest – and never...

Pacific Islands Forum Chair and Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark has bluntly told heads of the Council of Regional Organisations of the Pacific(CROP) the Leaders will rely on their leadership for the implementation of the 2050 strategy. While addressing the CROP Heads Meeting in Rarotonga, PM Brown said while Leaders carry the aspirations of collective action in the Pacific, the...

The European Union Ambassador (EU) to the Pacific, Barbara Plinkert has described the upcoming signing of the Samoa Agreement in Apia next week as a milestone. Addressing the Pacific ACP Leaders Meeting in Rarotonga Tuesday, Plinket said the agreement will include a specific Pacific-EU Protocol. "We are just a few days away from a historic moment in Pacific-EU relations: the signing...