Pacific countries will get a new multinational police unit, while the US says Washington and Beijing want to cooperate over the climate crisis
The prime minister of Tuvalu, Feleti Teo, dances the ‘Alofa’ after signing documents for the Australia-Tuvalu Falepili Union to come into force at the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum summit in Nuku'alofa, Tonga.The prime minister of Tuvalu, Feleti Teo, dances the ‘Alofa’ after signing documents for the Australia-Tuvalu Falepili Union to come into force at the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum summit in Nuku'alofa, Tonga.
Australia had always insisted the initiative would be Pacific-led and that no country would be compelled to participate. The region’s police chiefs will meet in Tonga next week to work on a plan for how to implement it.was a key issue in discussions during the leaders’ retreat on Thursday. The French territory has seen deadly violence since May after lawmakers in Paris approved a constitutional amendment to allow recent arrivals to the territory to vote in provincial elections.
The US and China are not members of Pif, but they are among its many “dialogue partners” and they routinely send high-powered delegations to build the relationship with countries in the region.
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