News about Pacific Islands Forum • Taiwan • China

Together for a stronger Pacific! Minister @chia_lung & President @Surangeljr toured the Pacific Prosperity Exhibit alongside representatives to #Palau🇵🇼 from the #US🇺🇸, #Japan🇯🇵 & #Australia🇦🇺, highlighting #Taiwan🇹🇼’s growing cooperation with Pacific & like-minded countries. pic.x.com/HzoAwzM9T6

Honored to join President @Surangeljr and partners from the U.S., Japan and Australia at the Pacific Prosperity Exhibit. Taiwan will keep linking strengths with partners to advance a more resilient, sustainable and prosperous Pacific. pic.x.com/mMExbXeM4v

PIF Dialogue Partners meeting just wrapping up in Palau. There were concerns there might be a blow-up over Taiwan, but no fireworks in the end. I'm told China's Envoy Qian Bo gave a standard/restrained statement. He stressed the importance of the One China policy, but that's it

This morning, Pacific Islands Forum Leaders met with Heads of the Council of Regional Organisations of the Pacific (CROP) on strengthening regional cooperation and ensuring the regional system continues to respond to Member priorities and deliver on the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent. Framed around B.E.L.A.U. – Building Economies: Life. Action. Unity. - discussions explored Digital Transformation and Artificial Intelligence, Energy Security and the Renewable Energy Transition, Climate and Ocean priorities ahead of COP31. Leaders also provided strategic guidance on the Review of the Regional Architecture and opportunities for stronger One-CROP collaboration and more coordinated regional delivery. #Belau #55PIFLM #OneBluePacific