Tag: Diplomacy
France, Vanuatu agree to sort out ‘southern land’ border dispute
By Doddy Morris in Port Vila
French President Emmanuel Macron and Vanuatu Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau have reached an agreement to settle the "land problem"...
PNG plans 21-gun salute for Macron in historic visit to an...
PNG Post-Courier
French President Emmanuel Macron jets into Port Moresby late tomorrow for his historic visit to Papua New Guinea and will be met by...
French President Macron to make historic visit to PNG, Vanuatu
RNZ Pacific
French President Emmanuel Macron will make a first official visit to Papua New Guinea next Friday as part of a short Pacific trip.
AFP...
West Papua solidarity group protests over arrest of 10 KNPB members
Asia Pacific Report
An Australian advocacy group for West Papua self-determination has condemned yesterday's arrest by Indonesian security forces of 10 West Papua National Committee...
Vanuatu – West Papua – MSG: An epic saga of...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya
The name Vanuatu has taken on a sacred significance in Papuan liberation consciousness.
The Free Papua Movement (OPM) elders ignited...
PM on China visit: ‘Door wide open for NZ products and...
RNZ News
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says New Zealand's largest ever trade delegation to China has been "knocking on open doors".
Hipkins held a media briefing...
West Papua’s customary region leaders back full MSG membership
Asia Pacific Report
Seven executives representing all the customary regions of West Papua have declared their support for the United Liberation Movement for West Papua...
I was involved in stalled talks to free kidnapped NZ pilot...
ANALYSIS: By Damien Kingsbury, Deakin University
New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has now been held hostage in West Papua for four months. Stalled attempts to...
Hipkins grants Fiji $11m in climate crisis aid as Rabuka renews...
By RNZ reporters and Rachael Nath of RNZ Pacific
Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka was welcomed to the New Zealand Parliament yesterday while on his...
West Papuan ‘provisional’ government backs full membership of MSG
Asia Pacific Report
The self-styled provisional government of the United Liberation Movement of West Papua
"with the people" of the Melanesian region have declared political support...
Indonesia’s Widodo set to visit Port Moresby next month
RNZ Pacific
Indonesian President Joko Widodo is set to make a state visit to Papua New Guinea next month.
The one-day visit is scheduled for July...
‘Two-way highway’ – PNG-US defence pact signed in spite of protests
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent, in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape says the...
Top UN Pacific official told to leave Fiji amid ‘harassment’ allegations
By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific lead digital and social media journalist
Allegations of sexual harassment have emerged in the case of a senior United Nations...
Biden apologises to PNG, Blinken being sent for Pacific dialogue
By Lawrence Fong and Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby
United States President Joe Biden yesterday apologised to Prime Minister James Marape and the people of...
Australia announces pathway to citizenship for New Zealanders
By Giles Dexter, RNZ News political reporter
The Australian government has announced a direct pathway to citizenship for New Zealanders, ending a tension between the...
Micronesia’s president Panuelo claims spying and bribery by China
By Barbara Dreaver, 1News Pacific correspondent
The President of the Federated States of Micronesia has made a series of disturbing claims against China, including alleging...
Two countries, two kidnappings – Port Moresby shows Jakarta how it’s...
ANALYSIS: By David Robie
Two countries. A common border. Two hostage crises. But the responses of both Asia-Pacific nations have been like chalk and cheese.
On...
Why a NZ pilot is a pawn in the West Papua...
ANALYSIS: By Camellia Webb-Gannon, University of Wollongong
“Phil Mehrtens is the nicest guy, he genuinely is -- no one ever had anything bad to say...
Human rights researcher pleads for West Papuan rebels to free NZ...
By Finau Fonua and Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalists
A researcher at Human Rights Watch in Jakarta is calling for the immediate release of the...
PNG’s ‘useless Maseratis’ – now a used car twist to the...
PNG Post-Courier
There is a new twist in Papua New Guinea's four-year drama surrounding the Maseratis bought for the 2018 APEC Summit.
It has emerged that...
Namah blasts PNG government over ‘serious’ Indonesian border issues
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby
An angry tirade on Papua New Guinea and Indonesia border issues in the PNG Parliament yesterday is likely to...
Fears over China influence leads US to reopen Solomon Islands embassy
RNZ Pacific
Washington has announced plans to reopen the United States Embassy in Solomon Islands.
Inside the Games reports that the move is a bid to...