Tag: Diplomacy
Ralph Regenvanu: Pacific regionalism, climate finance and women in politics
Tess Newton Cain talks to Ralph Regenvanu
During a recent trip to Port Vila, Tess Newton Cain caught up with Ralph Regenvanu, Minister for Foreign...
Indonesian influence in the Pacific grows, brushing aside West Papua
By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific in Wellington
Indonesia's influence in the Pacific Islands is growing, but is shadowed by disquiet over its region of...
Jokowi, Mahathir discuss migrant worker protection, border deal
By Marguerite Afra Sapiie in Jakarta
President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad have met for a bilateral talk, exploring issues ranging...
Timor-Leste president to make first official visit to Indonesia
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Timor-Leste President Francisco Guterres will make his first official overseas visit to Indonesia this week, reports Antara news agency.
President Guterres will...
Chinese president meets PNG’s O’Neill, pledging ‘deepening cooperation’
Chinese President Xi Jinping meets PNG Prime Minister Peter O'Neill in Beijing. Image: CCTV+
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Chinese President Xi Jinping has met Papua...
Duterte holding bilateral talks with PNG prime minister O’Neill
By Rosalie Coz in Manila
President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines was due to hold bilateral talks later today with Papua New Guinean Prime Minister...
Indonesian ambassador hits back at Herald columnist’s ‘baseless’ claim
By Tama Salim in Jakarta
Indonesian Ambassador Tantowi Yahya has dismissed allegations that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo had acted disrespectfully toward Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern...
NZ Foreign Minister questions China’s influence in the Pacific
Foreign Minister Winston Peters flags a stronger NZ Pacific aid policy and prime ministers Jacinda Ardern and Malcolm Turnbull discuss New Zealand and Australia...
Indonesian leader meets Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, vows support
By Mahmut Atanur in Jakarta
Indonesian President Joko Widodo visited Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, southwestern district of Bangladesh, as part of his official...
Palestinian rally in Auckland supports ‘Day of Rage’ for free Jerusalem
As Palestinians protest against US President Donald Trump’s announcement that he would recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Democracy Now! profiles the issues....
Jokowi’s foreign policy becomes more visible, says ex-envoy to US
Indonesia's foreign policy under President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has become more visible regionally and globally, contrary to popular assumptions from the early days of...
West Papua petition causes UN stir, but Papuans say demands still...
Australia's ABC News report on the banned West Papuan petition. Video: Lewis Prai Wellip
By Zely Ariane in Jayapura
A petition claimed to represent the wishes...
Deported Chinese nationals alleged to be sex workers, not fraudsters
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
The 77 Chinese citizens deported from Fiji by uniformed Chinese police in August were sex workers, according to an investigative report...
AUT’s cultural diplomacy venture with Indonesia a ‘step into future’
By Kendall Hutt in Auckland
Auckland University of Technology has launched a “first of its kind” Indonesia Centre in a cultural diplomacy initiative.
“This is both...
‘Take action’ over West Papua plea to Pacific Forum leaders
Alistar Kata's video report on the campaign for a fact-finding mission to West Papua produced before the 2015 Pacific Islands Forum. Video: Pacific Media...
The world climate leaders’ summit you didn’t hear about
ANALYSIS: By Rod Campbell
As much of the world watched the G20 last week, another leaders’ summit was on in Fiji.
Fiji will chair the next...
FSM, Marshall Islands envoys seek details on police-involved shootings
By Giff Johnson in Majuro
Ambassadors to the United States from the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands are seeking information about officer-involved...
Walden Bello: When we defied China over the Spratlys
President Rodrigo Duterte still has a chance to salvage national honour by proceeding with his original plan to raise the Philippine flag on Pag-asa...
Indonesia, Timor-Leste establish new forum process to settle border disputes
Indonesia and Timor-Leste have agreed to establish a Senior Official Consultation (SOC) forum to formulate the settlement of border disputes.
The agreement was made following...
Dan McGarry: Indonesia is slowly, slowly losing Melanesia
ANALYSIS: By Dan McGarry in Port Vila
Last month, New Zealand-based analyst Jose Sousa-Santos commented on Twitter that “Indonesia’s attempt at buying support from the...
Fiji deports US citizen for ‘swearing at president’, claims government
By Talebula Kate in Suva
A United States national has been deported after swearing at the President of Fiji, Jioji Konrote, last week, it was...
Duterte’s message to NZ: ‘How I wish I could have settled...
Exclusive interview by Corazon Miller of The New Zealand Herald
The controversial president of the Philippines, known as "The Punisher", says he wished he could...