Cook Islands signs partnership deal with China

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China, Cook Islands sign action plan for partnership deal

BEIJING: China and the Cook Islands signed an action plan last week for a comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries, China's Foreign Ministry said on Monday (Feb 17), giving further details about a deal expected to raise concerns in New Zealand. New Zealand, a US partner which has const

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China is expanding its influence in the South Pacific and is closing an agreement with the Cook Islands, which provides for increased cooperation in the areas of trade, investment, infrastructure and transport. New Zealand is nervous.

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Why Cook Islands' deal with China for closer relations matters in the geopolitics of the Pacific

The Cook Islands, a nation of 17,000 people spread across the South Pacific, holds strategic significance beyond its size. Along with 13 other Pacific island nations, it controls vast maritime zones that cover 15 per cent of the Earth's surface

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The People's Republic has entered into a strategic partnership with the Cook Islands, which also deals with deep-sea raw materials. New Zealand's regional power reacts nervously.

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Cook Islands signs deal for closer ties with China

WELLINGTON — The Cook Islands says it has signed a deal to expand relations with China, stressing that the accord does not impinge on ties with former colonial power New Zealand. Prime Minister Mark Brown said he signed an “action plan for the comprehensive strategic partnership” with Chinese Premier Li Qiang in the northern city of Harbin during a five-day state visit to China. He promised to publish the accord, after New Zealand expressed conc…

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The agreement deals with trade, investment, oceanography, infrastructure and transport, the Prime Minister of this Pacific micro-state announced.