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Pacific Islands Forum special leaders retreat – Forum Communiqué

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The Pacific Islands Forum Special Leaders Retreat was held in Nadi, Fiji, on 24 February 2023, and was attended by Heads of State, Government, and Territories from the Cook Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, the Republic of Kiribati, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Republic of Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu...

Pacific solidarity restored, declares Fiji PM

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By Pita Ligaiula in Denarau Nadi Fiji's Prime Minister and outgoing Pacific Islands Forum Chair Sitiveni Rabuka says the Pacific solidarity has been restored after Kiribati President Taneti Maamau Friday signed the Suva Agreement. Rabuka said it has been an honour for him, personally, to have hosted his fellow Pacific Leaders in Nadi this week. “It was an opportunity to connect and...

Fiji says sorry to Pacific Islands Forum

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By Pita Ligaiula in Denarau, Nadi A special meeting of leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum got off to a good start with the host country Fiji making a traditional presentation that sought to make amends of its past transgressions that had threatened the unity of the regional bloc. The ceremony of matanigasau involves the presentation of tabua, the whales...

Kiribati glad to be back in PIF

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Kiribati President Taneti Maamau says they are overjoyed to be back in the Pacific Island Forum. Speaking after his bilateral meeting in Nadi, in the margins of the Leaders Special retreat, Maamau said as Pacific Islanders they are stronger together as a family if they are united. Maamau said we also share many common resources that are part of the blue...

Pacific island leaders meet to show unity amid super power competition

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Pacific island leaders arrived in Fiji on Thursday for a two-day meeting to formalise the return of Kiribati to the 18-member regional bloc, amid tensions between China and the United States in the strategically located region. The meeting will also discuss Japan's plan to release treated water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea, which some Pacific islands...

Pacific Island Forum meeting politically, personally important to NZ deputy PM

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Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni is in Fiji to represent New Zealand at a “politically important for New Zealand, but personally quite important” event. It is Sepuloni’s first overseas visit as deputy prime minister, and she is the first deputy prime minister of Pacific Island descent to attend the Pacific Island Forum Special Leaders’ Retreat. “Being part of the Pacific diaspora...

Leave RFMF alone: Fiji Home Affairs Minister Tikoduadua

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Fiji's Minister for Home Affairs, Pio Tikoduadua, has called on politicians not to stick their noses into the affairs of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces. The Minister took this stance while speaking at the RFMF Black Rock Camp in Nadi Thursday. Tikoduadua said it is against the normal democratic practice to interfere in the affairs of the RFMF as it...

Macron puts EU deal with Africa, Caribbean, Pacific on death watch

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By Vince Chadwick It took one sentence in the wee hours of Friday morning for Emmanuel Macron to put more than seven years of work by the European Commission and others in mortal jeopardy. Asked at a press conference whether it was time to ditch the fledgling, ailing, and still-unsigned Post-Cotonou Agreement between the European Union and the 79-member Organisation...

Fiji PM meets with Cook Islands counterpart

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Fiji's Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sitiveni Rabuka met with his Cook Islands counterpart, Mark Brown, at the margins of the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Special Retreat held this week in Nadi. The two leaders during their first meeting, discussed key areas of cooperation to further advance Fiji and Cook Island's bilateral relations. During the meeting, Prime Minister Rabuka...

Pacific family to reunite in Fiji after Forum drama

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Pacific reunification should be sealed in Fiji when Kiribati is welcomed back into the fold after a Micronesian splinter. In recent years, the blue continent has seen strategic jostling between China and the United States for influence and diplomatic wrangling among Pacific players. Regional leaders hope to patch up differences in Nadi at a Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) retreat on Friday...

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