One of the Pacific’s top leader’s has endorsed Australia’s newly inked security treaty with Vanuatu.
, warning that the Pacific “family” has to make sure outside forces do not come in and disrupt the peace and stability of our region., said countries that try to engage with the region have to respect the international rules-based order.Mr Panuelo hosted Foreign Minister Penny Wong, Pacific Minister Pat Conroy and their opposition counterparts Simon Birmingham and Michael McCormack on Wednesday to mark 35 years of diplomatic ties.
Mr Panuelo earlier this year led the opposition to Beijing’s bid for a security and economic agreement with Pacific nations, warning it was “the single most game-changing proposed agreement in the Pacific in any of our lifetimes”, because it ceded too much control to China and raised the risk of conflict.The president of the Federated States of Micronesia, David Panuelo, meets with the Anthony Albanese earlier this year.
“When we say family first, we look after each other to make sure that forces from outside don’t come in and disrupt the peace and stability of our region.” “What Australia wants to do is work with our partners and friends like the Federated States of Micronesia, to navigate this period wisely, to work together to manage those challenges, to work together to drive the development and economic resilience of the people and the countries in the Pacific.”Mr Panuelo also expressed optimism that a rift with his fellow Micronesian nation, Kiribati, over the Pacific Islands Forum could be resolved.
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