Tyson Foods is donating 50,000 masks and PPE to help the Marshall Islands contend with a COVID-19 outbreak. The country’s president recently issued a health disaster proclamation due to the number of positive cases.
The 51st Pacific Forum leaders meeting scheduled to start tomorrow has been dealt a major blow after the Kiribati government confirmed it has withdrawn from the forum "with immediate effect."
The 51st Pacific Forum leaders meeting scheduled to start tomorrow has been dealt a major blow after the Kiribati government confirmed it has withdrawn from the forum "with immediate effect."
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Micronesian states eye ‘remedy’ after forum apologizes for leadership row
AFP, KOROR, Palau
The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) yesterday apologized for its handling of a leadership row that prompted five nations to quit the grouping, but one of the leading dissenters said that it meant nothing without remedial action.
The dispute erupted in February, splitting the forum and upending diplomacy in a region where the US and China are competing for influence.
Micronesian countries, angry their preferred candidate for PIF secretary-general was snubbed when it was their turn to fill the role, announced that they would leave the 18-member body.