Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“China is hosting a high-level meeting with 11 Pacific Island nations as it seeks to deepen ties and build what it calls a ‘closer’ community with ‘a shared future’ in the strategic region. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is chairing the meeting in the city of Xiamen on Wednesday. The president of Kiribati, Taneti Maamau, and top diplomats from Niue, Tonga, Nauru, Micronesia, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Cook Islands, Fiji and Samoa are attending. The two-day meeting is the third such gathering, but the first to happen in person in China.” (05/28/25)