Chinese Foreign Minister visits 8 Pacific island countries

This is the first destination on a 10-day visit to 8 pacific island nation of State Councilor, Minister of Foreign Affairs of China Wang Yi.

The visit is assessed to seek a regional agreement with most of the Pacific island nations in many areas.

Speaking at the start of a visit to the Solomon Islands, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi stressed that Beijing hopes its relationship with this island nation can be a model for other island nations in the Pacific. During this visit, the two countries will sign a security agreement, allowing China to increase its military presence there.

State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs of China Wang Yi visits the Pacific island nations and Timor-Leste. (Photo: Global Times)

Following Solomon, Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit 7 other island countries including Kiribati, Samoa, Fiji, Tonga, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste. These island nations have all signed cooperation agreements Belt and Road Initiative with China.

In Fiji, Foreign Minister Wang Yi will chair the 2nd Conference of Foreign Ministers of China – Pacific island nations. China has provided more than 600,000 doses of vaccines and more than 100 tons of chemicals for the Pacific island nations to prevent. fight COVID-19. In addition, China has also aided more than 100 socio-economic projects and trained human resources for this area.

Chinese experts said that this 10-day visit is an opportunity to promote cooperation between China and Pacific island nations, contributing to peace, stability and development in the region.

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