Pacific security community representatives will gather in Suva this week for the Pacific Regional and National Security Conference (PRNSC), an important forum to address the region’s pressing security challenges.
The inaugural conference will map the current and future regional security threats and support the implementation of the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent.
Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka and Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General, Baron Waqa open the event in Suva this morning calling on the region to work together towards building and strengthening peace in the Pacific.
Mr Rabuka said Fiji has been committed to building peace.
“All of us can build peaceful and prosperous Pacific communities by cooperating and learning from each other,” he said.
“My government is committed to building peace, at home, in the Pacific, and on the global stage.
“This is why I am so pleased you have gathered, in a spirit of friendship and shared purpose, to also promote peace and security.
“Because, sisters and brothers, when I think about the legacy I want to leave my children and grandchildren. We must, we must, work together to tackle the polycrisis before our great Blue Pacific.”
“Prime Minister Rabuka has talked about the polycrisis facing the Blue Pacific, with the multiple challenges of climate change, transnational crime, geopolitics and protecting human security,” said conference organiser, Director of the Pacific Security College, Professor Dave mPeebles.
“We wanted to bring together experts from across the Pacific security community to talanoa about this polycrisis, and how we can work together to anticipate.. the decades ahead to 2050.”
