Tag: Pacific security
Melanesian leaders sign security and climate crisis declarations
By Doddy Morris in Port Vila
Melanesian prime ministers have have signed off two declarations addressing the pressing issues of climate crisis and national security.
The...
Climate crisis greatest threat to Pacific regional security, says Vanuatu PM
By Hilaire Bule, RNZ Pacific Vanuatu correspondent in Port Vila
Vanuatu Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau says Pacific security is about the security of the Pacific...
PNG beefs up security for visit of Biden, Modi, Pacific leaders
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Two American C-17 Globemaster transport planes will bring 20 vehicles to Papua New Guinea in the next few days...
Fiji hosts US-led multinational military exercises on Pacific ‘threats’
RNZ Pacific
Mortar demonstrations involving military forces from five nations have taken place in Fiji.
The tactical field training exercise called Exercise Cartwheel was a US...
PNG negotiating security treaty with Australia (and NZ?), says minister
RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea's new Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko has revealed to Australian media his country is moving to negotiate a security treaty with...
Bastille Day message: Paris must ‘re-arm in Pacific’, says commander
RNZ Pacific
A senior French military commander says France should re-arm in the Pacific and consider restoring its forces to a level of 30 years...
Samoa and China have no plans for military ties, says Fiamē
RNZ Pacific
Samoa and China do not have any plans for military ties, Samoa Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa says.
Fiamē -- who is on a...
China documents threaten Pacific sovereignty, warns FSM president
RNZ Pacific
The President of the Federated States of Micronesia says he has serious concerns about the details of two leaked Chinese government documents to...
US issues vague warning ‘to respond’ if China builds military base...
By Mar-Vic Cagurangan in Tumon, Guam
The United States would “respond” if China takes steps to establish a permanent military presence in the Solomon Islands,...
Sogavare denies ‘insulting’ claim on Chinese military base for Solomons
By Robert Iroga in Honiara
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has denied allowing the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) to establish a military base in the...
PM says Honiara’s growing China relationship is ‘gravely concerning’
RNZ News
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says there is "very little" reason for China to station military forces on Solomon Islands, describing developments...
Papuan students report Malang police chief over racist ‘shoot to kill’...
By Igman Ibrahim in Jakarta
Malang city district police chief (Kapolres) Senior Commissioner Leonardus Simarmata has been reported to the Indonesian police's professionalism and security...
‘We don’t interfere in other countries’ affairs,’ says Tongan PM on...
By Philip Cass in Auckland
“Tonga does not interfere in other nations’ own affairs.”
That was the carefully measured response from Prime Minister Pōhiva Tu’i’onetoa to the...
Papua, Pacific youth and climate change to mark NZ conference
By Michael Andrew
Pacific diplomats, academics and youth leaders will gather in Auckland, New Zealand, this week to discuss security, economic development and other pressing...
PNG probe into parliament rampage still ongoing, says police chief
By RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea's Police Commissioner says investigations are ongoing into officers who took part in a rampage through Parliament last year.
Last November,...
NZ welcomes new Boe Pacific security plus climate declaration
By RNZ Pacific
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is describing the newly signed Boe Declaration as the most significant statement on regional security by...
