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The Pacific Leaders Forum is no longer a cohesive respectable regional institution it once was. Twice Samoa at two meetings warned that the Forums solidarity was disintegrating as members focused more on their own separate regional priorities.At the time only the Melanesians and the Small States .
The Prime Minister Hon. Hu’akavameiliku met with the Secretary General of the Commonwealth Secretariat, Rt Honourable Patricia Baroness Scotland on Monday 6 November, in Rarotonga. He acknowledged the Commonwealth’s continued and proactive support to Tonga. He also met and held discussions with other Pacific leaders and partners.
Prime Minister Mark Brown highlighted the challenges faced by the Cook Islands in applying for funding or accessing funding through borrowing due to the country’s high-income status.
For Moetai Brotherson, the newly elected President of French Polynesia, this week’s Pacific Islands Forum is a time to share ideas with the leaders of state from neighbouring island nations.