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The second Compact Review Agreement initialed last week by Palau Chief Compact Negotiator Kaleb Udui Jr and U.S Special Envoy Joseph Yun is the “most significant since the first Compact relationship” with the United States of America said Palau’s legal advisor Jeff Farrow. Jeff Farrow, who served as Palau’s legal advisor during the first Compact negotiation in the 1980s and...

A record-setting month of high-level joint meetings for Pacific Leaders is growing the global spotlight on regional priorities including climate action, human security, and multilateralism. Pacific delegations are gathering in Papua New Guinea for the 3rd Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC-III) on 22 May with India PM Shri Narendra Modi. The FIPIC III, which SG Puna is invited to...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Papua New Guinea on Sunday for talks with Pacific island leaders, the first visit by an Indian premier as New Delhi seeks to counter China's growing footprint in the region. Modi landed just after 10pm local time (1200 GMT) in the capital Port Moresby, where he will co-host the Summit of the Forum...

A Pacific Islands leader on Friday called on the United States and China to not bring “adversarial competition” to the region, as the rival powers intensify their bids for influence. Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown -- invited to represent the region at a Group of 7 summit in Hiroshima -- told AFP that increased superpower interest in the Pacific...

When the U.S secretary of state travels through Papua New Guinea's capital this week to meet the leader of the South Pacific nation, it will be on a six-lane highway built by China. Antony Blinken will be dispatched to meet Pacific leaders at a summit Monday in the place of President Joe Biden, who had planned a historic visit spurred...

Fiji has been offered a 99-year land lease in the Central Business District in Port Moresby for the construction of its chancery in Papua New Guinea (PNG). This was revealed by the PNG Prime Minister James Marape during a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka in PNG. The Fiji Government will also reciprocate through making land available in Suva for...

The Quad will build undersea cable systems and fund infrastructure development and telecommunications across the Asia Pacific in an expansion of its remit designed to blunt China’s growing influence in the region. The announcement by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S President Joe Biden was coupled with a pledge to...

By Meg Keen Their standing slipped during COVID-19, but China is not vacating the space. Their meddling in political and economic affairs have raised concerns. Last year, the West was shocked when Solomon Islands signed a security pact with China, inclusive of Chinese police training. Australia and the U.S sprang into action. Australia has increased its aid and support to the region...

Two new Palau journalist anti-corruption grants were launched at a meeting between Palau Media Council journalists, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Pacific Anti-Corruption Journalists Network (PACJN) representatives in Koror on 19 May. As part of the Building the Capacity of Pacific Media to Report on Anti-Corruption project, implemented by the Pacific Islands News Association (PINA), these...

Argentina won their third gold medal of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2023, beating Fiji 35-14 in the Cup final at Twickenham on Sunday. Fiji opened the scoring in the final but lost Josese Batirerega to a second-minute red card and Los Pumas Sevens took full advantage to round off their most successful season in style. Earlier on day two,...