Posted on 21 December 2023
From 15-16 December, New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters visited Suva, Fiji to meet with Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka and Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General Henry Puna. Discussions centred around economic resilience, climate change, trade, tourism and labour mobility.
Ahead of the meeting, Peters said “the Coalition Government is deeply committed to the Pacific and to ensuring New Zealand has the connections and relationships to help the region succeed.”
Puna said that Peters has made clear that the New Zealand Government will continue to prioritise the Pacific. “New Zealand holds a special place in Pacific regionalism and continues to play an important and instrumental role in driving Pacific priorities within and beyond the oceanic borders of our Blue Pacific”, he states.