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‘We are family’: Anthony Albanese meets Solomon Islands PM amid tension over China deal

Manasseh Sogavare says relationship with Australia is ‘strong’ despite his recent security pact with Beijing

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Anthony Albanese hugs Solomon Islands PM and preaches positivity at Pacific Islands Forum in Fiji

The first meeting between the Prime Minister and his Solomon Islands counterpart shows positive signs despite tensions over the China security pact, as Anthony Albanese kicks off his "positive energy" visit to Suva for the Pacific Islands Forum.

ABC News

Police remove two Chinese defence attaches from Pacific Islands Forum meeting

Fijian police escort the men from media space where US vice-president Kamala Harris was making virtual address

The Guardian - AU

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Barred China shows up at Pacific forum

China was keen to hear a speech by United States Vice President Kamala Harris at the Pacific Islands Forum in Fiji, dispatching two officials to attend.

AAP

More than 700 aged care Covid outbreaks – as it happened

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Albanese vows respect, energy in Pacific

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has landed in Suva, Fiji for the Pacific Island Forum leaders' meeting.

AAP

US announces new embassies in major Pacific push as it jostles with China for influence in region

Vice-president Kamala Harris has announced postings in Kiribati and Tonga as leaders gather in Fiji for the Pacific Islands Forum

The Guardian - AU

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US Vice-President Kamala Harris makes virtual appearance at Pacific Islands Forum to unveil major plans for the region

Despite major powers being sidelined from the Pacific Islands Forum, Vice-President Kamala Harris appears virtually to make a series of announcements showing the US is intent on reasserting its presence in the region as China continues to expand its footprint.

ABC News

Pacific islands youth 'cannot wait' for climate change action - Vanuatu

The leader of Vanuatu, pushing to take climate change to the international court, said the slow pace of international negotiations over emissions reduction was "totally out of step" with the impact Pacific islands are seeing.

Reuters

Australia foreign minister urges Pacific neighbors to unite

Australia’s foreign minister is urging Pacific island neighbors to unite on their shared challenges of U.S.-China strategic competition, climate change and COVID-19

The Independent UK

China influenced Kiribati exit from Pacific Islands Forum, MP claims

Opposition leader calls withdrawal from PIF an ‘extreme move’ and claims the reasons offered by Kiribati’s president were just excuses

The Guardian - AU

PIF leaders lament loss of Pacific unity

Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong has joined calls urging Micronesian breakaway nation Kiribati to return to the Pacific Islands Forum.

AAP

Pacific summit: Suva near to bursting as PIF meeting turns Fiji’s pandemic bust to boom

Everybody in the Fijian capital is run off their feet as delegates converge for the Pacific Islands Forum and give a glimpse of the good times again

The Guardian - AU

Prime Minister pitches to restore Australia's climate reputation at Sydney Energy Forum ahead of Pacific Islands Forum

Anthony Albanese will tell the Sydney Energy Forum that Australia is ambitious about helping the world reduce carbon emissions and wants to use its research and engineering capacity to help develop more clean energy technologies.

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Pacific Islands Forum: Ardern says total membership ‘critical’ as PIF shaken by Kiribati’s exit

New Zealand prime minister says leaders had been trying to persuade Kiribati not to withdraw from the forum

Al Jazeera

Pacific islands summit begins amid US-China battle for influence

Key summit comes as region grapples with the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and US-China rivalry.

Reuters

Kiribati's shock withdrawal overshadows Pacific leaders meeting

The withdrawal of the remote Pacific island nation of Kiribati from the region's key diplomatic group has overshadowed the Pacific Islands Forum as leaders arrive in Fiji for the first in-person meeting in two years.

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Kiribati announces withdrawal from Pacific Islands Forum on eve of leaders' meeting

Kiribati has announced it will push ahead with its withdrawal from the Pacific Islands Forum, delivering a damaging blow to the regional body on the eve of its most important meeting in years.

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Climate stance 'welcomed' at Pacific forum

Australia's Pacific Minister says the government's increased climate change targets have been welcomed by nations in the region ahead of a crucial summit.

AAP

Kiribati withdrawal rocks Pacific forum

As Prime Minister Anthony Albanese prepares to head to the Pacific Islands Forum in Fiji, Kiribati has withdrawn from the regional body.

The Guardian - UK

Kiribati withdraws from Pacific Islands Forum in blow to regional body

President says it will not be attending forum because of failure to address concerns of Micronesian countries

360info

Special Report: Pacific primer

Not usually at the forefront of geopolitical argy-bargy, the Pacific has recently emerged as a strategic element of securing democracy. A rift threatened to tear apart normally unshakeable regional unity in 2021, with five Micronesian countries threatening to leave the most powerful transnational group, the Pacific Islands Forum. Ahead of…

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Keeping everyone in the tent: the Pacific Islands Forum remains whole

A last-minute agreement has avoided rupture in the Pacific Islands Forum. As the agreement was negotiated, regional strengths and vulnerabilities were revealed.

360info

The Pacific faces a radioactive future

Japan plans to dump radioactive water from Fukushima into the Pacific Ocean, but its effects on Pacific nations are not clear.

360info

Expanded, empowered PIF could lock in Pacific security

Amid global political turbulence, the Pacific is a region whose influence is sought by the world’s powers. Regional coordination is as important as ever.

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