Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong will travel to Fiji this week to attend the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Foreign Ministers Meeting in Suva.
As a founding member of the PIF, Senator Wong said Australia “strongly supports the Forum’s role in strengthening regional unity and pursuing our shared vision for a peaceful, stable, prosperous and unified region.”
“As a Pacific nation, Australia is a partner the region can count on; it is in our interests to foster a resilient region that enables all our economies to grow and prosper together,” she said.
“It is a privilege to be joining Pacific Islands Forum foreign ministers in Suva, to come together to make decisions for our region.
Australia is working with the Pacific family to advance our shared priorities and shape a peaceful, stable and prosperous Blue Pacific.”
The meeting will be held on Thursday.
Meanwhile, the pre-forum session of the Forum Officials Committee (FOC) began yesterday at the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat in Suva, Fiji.