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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Tonga’s prime minister said on Thursday he is open to Beijing’s offer of security support when the South Pacific kingdom hosts a major regional leaders’ summit, raising concerns in the United States as it strives to counter China’s growing influence.
NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga (AP) — Turmoil over China’s push for influence in the South Pacific has overshadowed the region’s most important diplomatic summit after a Pacific island leader apparently pledged to erase an affirmation of Taiwan’s involvement in the meeting from its closing statement, at Beijing’s behest.
NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga (AP) — New Zealand’s Māori King, Kiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII, died Friday at age 69, days after the celebration of his 18th year on the throne.
“There is one thing that is not so much nagging us, but it’s of concern,” Foreign Minister Peter Agovaka said on the sidelines of the Pacific Islands Forum in Tonga.
The United Nations and climate activists have pressed developed nations such as Australia to further curb fossil fuel emissions at a key annual Pacific leaders’ forum in Tonga, amid warnings of the “grave danger” of rising sea levels.
NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga -- Pacific Islands Forum leaders on Wednesday endorsed an Australia-funded regional policing plan seen by analysts as a move to limit China's influence over Pacific security.
Pacific island leaders endorsed a landmark regional policing plan on Wednesday at a summit in Tonga, a contentious move seen as trying to limit China’s security role in the region.
SYDNEY -- The Pacific Islands Forum Leaders meeting kicks off on Monday in Tonga, bringing together leaders of the 18 members of Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) and the body's dialogue partners for a week of meetings on issues including responses to climate change and the China-U.S. battle for influence over the strategic region.