Anthony Albanese is mobbed by children in Samoa after being granted a chiefly title in the village of Satapuala, as the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting wraps up in the Pacific island nation.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese receives a warm welcome in Satapuala village in Samoa .Anthony Albanese was mobbed by children after being granted a chiefly title of "Toeolesulusulu" in the village of Satapuala in Samoa .
Mr Albanese was granted a matai or chiefly title of "Toeolesulusulu" before wading into a crowd of children to hand out netballs and rugby league balls.One villager told the ABC before the ceremony he was delighted to see Mr Albanese accept the honour. The prime ministers of Samoa, Tonga, Fiji and Tuvalu – along with senior ministers from Nauru, Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea – attended the event with Mr Albanese and New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon.
It's designed to boost police capability across the Pacific but is also aimed at ensuring there are no security "gaps" in the region that could be plugged by China. "The Pacific family needs to provide security for the Pacific, by the Pacific, and that's what this initiative is about," he said. Samoa's prime minister and Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka also heaped praise on the policing initiative during the ceremony.
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