The split
Pacific Islands Forum ministers fail to agree on joint statement on China's SLBM test as divisions over Beijing split the Suva meeting
The same story, as told by newsrooms in different countries. Their words, attributed and linked.
Pacific Islands
PINA (Pacific Islands News Association)
“We'll see whether logic prevails in this debate, or whether the debate has already been settled by people having a predetermined position from which they will not move.”
Pacific-primary / New Zealand push for joint statement; carries Peters' pre-meeting warning about "predetermined positions" and Solomon Islands chair's call for "regional solidarity"read the original ↗
Pacific Islands
PINA (Pacific Islands News Association)
“We want this region to be an ocean of peace. We know we live in much more contested times and part of how we respond to that is to have Pacific Island Forum countries work together.”
Australia's Ocean of Peace Alliance angleread the original ↗
United States (specialist)
China Global South Project
“Pacific diplomats gathered in Fiji failed on Friday to agree on a joint statement condemning China's recent missile test.”
Specialist outlet tracking China's influence in the Global South; reported the definitive outcome that Pacific nations failed to agree on a joint statement condemning China's missile test, attributing the deadlock to states with closer ties to Beijingread the original ↗