Key stakes as French defence minister hosts Pacific defence ministers' meeting
Analysis - Sébastien Lecornu has arrived in New Caledonia for a week-long visit and a focus on hosting the 10th South Pacific Defence Ministers' Meeting on 5-6 December.
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Analysis - Sébastien Lecornu has arrived in New Caledonia for a week-long visit and a focus on hosting the 10th South Pacific Defence Ministers' Meeting on 5-6 December.
The Fifty-Second (52nd) Pacific Islands Forum was held in Rarotonga, Cook Islands from 6 – 10 November 2023, and was attended by the Heads of State, Government, and Territories of Australia, the Cook Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Nauru, New Caledon...
Pacific Island leaders have welcomed Fiji's concept of a Zone of Peace.
Leaders are eager for international delegations to focus on Pacific agendas and priorities, exemplified by the 2050 Strategy for a Blue Pacific Continent.
For Pacific leaders, the international arena is getting very complex, very fast. As the Pacific Islands Forum leaders gather in Cook Islands, they will once again seek to forge a consensus around a lengthy and complex agenda.