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Manele wins: Door shut on Pacific Islands Forum partners in Honiara

RNZ 15 Aug 2025
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele's proposal not to invite countries such as the US, China and Taiwan to Honiara at next month's leaders' summit has been approved at the Pacific Islands Forum Foreign Ministers' Meeting (FFMM) in Fiji.
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Pacific Islands Forum Sticks With Decision to Block Key Donors From Meeting

US News 14 Aug 2025
By Kirsty NeedhamSYDNEY (Reuters) -The Pacific Islands bloc did not overturn a decision to exclude 21 donor countries, including the United States... .
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Pacific Islands Forum sticks to ban of Taiwan, China

Taipei Times 14 Aug 2025
Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong, second left, and New Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters, second right, chat during the annual Pacific Islands Forum foreign ministers’ meeting in Suva, Fiji, yesterday.
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Samoa Backs Solomon Islands' Move To Defer Partner Talks At Pacific Islands Forum

Scoop 14 Aug 2025
The region's foreign ministers are meeting in Suva on Thursday for the final high-level meeting in a suite of gatherings ahead of the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders' Meeting ....
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Winston Peters blames 'outsiders' for Pacific Islands Forum tensions

RNZ 14 Aug 2025
New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters is blaming "outsiders" for causing disagreements within the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) ... Island countries in this forum prevail and are not pulled apart.".
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'Nothing stopping' China from meeting Pacific Islands Forum leaders, says expert

RNZ 14 Aug 2025
A geopolitics expert says there is "nothing stopping" China from attending Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders Meeting side events if dialogue partners are blocked from the event. Solomon Islands Prime ...
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Solomon Islands defends blocking multiple leaders from Pacific Islands Forum

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 08 Aug 2025
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele defends his move to block almost two dozen nations from a critical Pacific meeting in Honiara next month, saying he's made a "sovereign" decision in the region's best interests ... .
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Taiwan calls for Pacific Island Forum inclusion

Taipei Times 08 Aug 2025
The flags of Pacific Islands Forum member nations are displayed outside the Fa’onelua Convention Center during the Pacific Islands Forum meeting in Nuku’alofa, Tonga, on Aug.
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External powers pitting Pacific Islands Forum members against each other, former advisor warns

RNZ 08 Aug 2025
A former Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) advisor says "tensions" relating to Taiwan's participation in the annual Leaders' Meeting have been an ongoing issue.
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Palau Backs Solomon Islands' Move To Exclude Pacific Islands Forum Partner Talks Until 2026

Scoop 06 Aug 2025
"This decision does allow us to focus on the critical intra-regional issues at this year's forum," the Palau President Office says ....
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Marshall Islands President warns of threat to Pacific Islands Forum unity

RNZ 05 Aug 2025
Leaders of the three Pacific nations with diplomatic ties to Taiwan are united in a message to the Pacific Islands Forum that the premier regional body must not allow non-member countries to dictate ...
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Remarks by Anna Bjerde, World Bank Managing Director of Operations, at the Pacific Islands Forum – Forum Economic Ministers Meeting (World Bank Group)

Public Technologies 22 Jul 2025
I want to thank the Pacific Islands Forum Chair, Prime Minister Dr. 'Aisake Vale Eke of the Kingdom of Tonga, and Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General Baron Waqa, for this opportunity to be here with you.
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Australia to boost cyber security and provide vehicles for Solomon Islands Pacific Islands Forum

RNZ 26 Jun 2025
The Pacific Minister Pat Conroy is in Honiara on Thursday, where he will announce a $20 million support package for the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) leaders meeting ... mouths of Pacific Island people".
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Palau President Calls to Give Taiwan a Fair Go at Pacific Islands Forum

The Epoch Times 25 Jun 2025
... choose to recognise the island nation. Three of those—Palau, the Marshall Islands, and Tuvalu—are full members of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF).
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Solomon Islands bars Taiwan delegation, sparks alarm ahead of Pacific Islands Forum

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 06 Jun 2025
The Solomon Islands government blocked a group of Taiwanese officials from entering the Pacific country earlier this year, stirring fresh concerns in Taipei that it might be locked out of a key regional meeting in Honiara later this year ... .

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