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PM Rabuka launches Fiji’s first National security strategy
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U.S pledges $60m to Pacific Fisheries Agency under Tuna Treaty
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Australia and Vanuatu close to signing Nakamal Agreement worth $500m
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Who pays and Who receives? Finance talks dominate the final stretch of plastics treaty negotiations
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PNG and Australia set to sign landmark Defence Treaty on Independence day
Papua New Guinea and Australia will sign a major new defence treaty on PNG’s Independence Day, updating a decades-old agreement and marking a new...
Solomon Islands ready to host 54th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele has confirmed that preparations are well underway for the 54th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting (PIFLM), which will...
Second Pacific Loss and Damage Dialogue opens with urgent call for climate action
By Sanjeshni Kumar in Apia, Samoa
The Second Pacific Loss and Damage Dialogue opened today in Apia, Samoa, reaffirming the urgency of addressing climate-induced loss...
Cook Islands confronts critical questions on identity as debate on deep-sea mining grows
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As the Cook Islands approaches the end of its five-year seabed minerals exploration phase and the latest partnership with the superpowers...
PNG calls for new trade deal with NZ, rejects PACER Plus pact
Papua New Guinea is urging New Zealand to engage in negotiations for a bilateral Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), arguing that current trade policies...
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