Pacific Island countries have not signed a region-wide trade and security deal with China today.
Pacific Island countries have not signed a region-wide trade and security deal with China, after a high-level meeting between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and leaders from 10 Pacific nations was held in Fiji on Monday afternoon.
"Fiji will continue to seek fertile ground for our bilateral relationship. The challenges our people face will only intensify until collective solutions rise to meet them. China's ambassador to Fiji, Qian Bo, says some Pacific nations hold concerns about specific elements of the wide-ranging proposal.
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