External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday condoled the death of Lorin S Robert, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Federated States of Micronesia.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar hosted the Foreign Ministers Meeting (FMM) of the Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC) in New York, highlighting the progress of a 12-point action plan outlined by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the FIPIC-III Summit.
Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka met President Droupadi Murmu in New Delhi, where both sides reaffirmed strong ties. The MEA said discussions highlighted people-to-people bonds, Fiji's Girmitiya community, healthcare cooperation with a new hospital MoU, and India's support in capacity
"In 2014, after 33 years, an Indian Prime Minister set foot on Fijian soil. I am very happy and proud that I had this good fortune. At that time, we started the Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation, i.e., FIPIC. That initiative has given new strength not only to India-Fiji relation
Notably, the decision by the US Department followed recommendations by Ajay Bhutoria, the Commissioner of the White House Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (WHIAANHPI) Commissioner.
Palau's Ambassador to Taiwan, David Orrukem, stated that Taiwan has the potential to be a dependable partner for the Pacific Island region Taiwan news reported.
Fulfilling a pledge made at the third Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC III) Summit, 12 Haemo-Dialysis machines accompanied by portable Reverse Osmosis (RO) units departed from Pipavav Port in Gujarat.
The US has condemned China's demand for the removal of a Taiwan reference from the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) communique, calling it an attempt to limit Taiwan's international presence.
Margherita announced that India will undertake one Quick Impact Project (QIP) of each country's choice worth USD 50,000 in each of the 14 Pacific Island Countries.
Margherita said that India and the Pacific's bilateral development partnership in the form of grant-in-aid projects worth about USD 3 million per annum are demand-driven and have had high impact in the 14 Pacific partner countries
According to the CNA report, the MOFA statement followed a Monday report in the Australian Newspaper, which claimed that the Solomon Islands would table a motion at this year's forum in Tonga to strip Taiwan of its "development partner" status.