Engaging with the Pacific Press Statement
The meeting, attended by the President of Kiribati, Prime Ministers of Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu; the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu, Minister for Training, Employment, Youth and Sports of Tonga as well as Representatives of the Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, the Republic of the Marshall Islands and Timor Leste, concluded with the endorsement of a set of outcomes labeled the Natadola Communiqué.
Leaders and Heads of delegations for the eleven regional countries present in Natadola for the two day meeting welcomed the gathering as an important and timely forum to discuss key issues of common interest in the areas of trade, security, sustainable development, good governance, climate change as well as Fiji’s Strategic Framework for Change.
Views expressed all round highlighted what Pacific Small Island Developing States perceived as deficiencies in the ability of the current model of Pacific regionalism to effectively address key development and governance challenges.
Over and above that, there was complete agreement amongst heads of delegations that the meeting also afforded a unique opportunity for regional neighbours to gather together and to continue to renew and strengthen regional kinships and foster solidarity.
The meeting held special significance for Fiji in light of the opportunity it offered the host country to engage directly and candidly with most of its regional neighbours and to present its ongoing reforms.
In closing, the meeting agreed to meet annually on a voluntary basis.
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