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Pacific Islands leaders meet with climate change, security on agenda
Pacific leaders focus on climate finance, regional security, and the Ocean of Peace Declaration amid geopolitical tensions and exclusion of key dialogue partners.
- On September 8, Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Sitiveni Rabuka arrived in Honiara, Solomon Islands, to attend the 54th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders' Meeting from September 8 to 12, which gathers Pacific leaders and officials for a weeklong programme.
- After pressure from China, Solomon Islands officials excluded two dozen dialogue partner nations, including China, Taiwan and the United States, in a move seen as linked to the Taiwan dispute this year.
- Monday evening's program at the National Stadium, Sports City, Honiara includes the Chupu Ceremony, gifts from Solomon Islands' nine provinces, and a diversity dance, followed by a leaders retreat in Munda, seaside settlement over 300 kilometres from Honiara.
- Barring dialogue partners could constrain access to foreign climate finance, officials warned, as Australia pledged $100 million to the Pacific Resilience Facility and faces pressure to leverage more support.
- Amid a contest for influence between China and Australia, observers warn the summit risks undermining regional cooperation and will decide Australia's bid to co-host COP31 climate summit next year.
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Pacific Islands leaders meet to discuss security, climate change
Pacific Islands leaders began a week-long summit on Monday in the Solomon Islands, where they are expected to endorse an Ocean of Peace declaration amid concern over rising tensions between the United States and China.
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China 'elephant in the room' at fraught Pacific Islands summit
Pacific Islands leaders are meeting in the Solomons this week for an influential summit clouded by differences over China's mounting influence in the region that risks scuppering regional cooperation.
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