FIJI AND US REAFFIRM COMMITMENT
11/05/2021
Fiji and the United States today reaffirmed commitment to strengthen bilateral engagements and partnership in fighting climate change, protecting oceans and biodiversity and in COVID-19 recovery.
This morning Fijian Prime Minister Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama and the United States Special Presidential Envoy on Climate, Secretary John Kerry discussed aspirations to advance Fiji and the United States relations.
In congratulating Mr. Kerry on his appointment as the first United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, Prime Minister Bainimarama acknowledged Mr. Kerry s leadership and contributions in global affairs and in shaping US’s bilateral relations with Fiji and the Pacific region.
Xi points way out of global climate crisis By ZHANG YUNBI | China Daily Global | Updated: 2021-05-10 06:50 Share CLOSE At the invitation of US President Joe Biden, Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the Leaders Summit on Climate via video link and delivers an important speech titled For Man and Nature: Building a Community of Life Together in Beijing, April 22, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
Policy wisdom epitomized by call to build a community of life for man and nature
Through a slew of powerful policy manifestations led by President Xi Jinping over the past month, China has shown its enhanced commitment to and ambition for better tackling climate change and preserving the environment.
The 45th President recently lambasted Kerry, who is currently serving as the 1st United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, during an appearance on the Dan Bongino podcast last week. If you look at what s happening. We got the word out on so many things. Including, I just saw today, on John Kerry and what he did with Iran. I was pushing that very very hard. I think we would have had a deal with Iran done except he was telling Iran not to do it, that s my opinion, Trump said, referring to his administration s efforts to sign a better deal with the Iranian regime than the one negotiated under his predecessor.
Published May 7, 2021, 3:53 PM
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. on Friday spoke over the phone with United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John F. Kerry to discuss major initiatives to address the climate crisis.
Foreign Affairs Sec. Teodoro Locsin, Jr. (left) and United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John F. Kerry (right). (DFA)
In a statement issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs, it said Locsin and Kerry both recognized that climate change is one of the key areas where the Philippines and the United States can cooperate more closely to strengthen their bilateral relations and their alliance.
Iran s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attends a news conference in Caracas, Venezuela, November 5, 2020. (Matias Delacroix/AP)
Iran’s foreign minister apologized Sunday for recorded comments that were leaked to the public last week, creating a firestorm in the country less than two months before presidential elections.
The recordings of Mohammad Javad Zarif included frank comments on powerful late Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a US drone strike in 2020. The attack at the time brought the US and Iran to the brink of war. Soleimani’s funeral processions in Iran drew millions of people to the streets.