SYDNEY (Reuters) -Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele has said that 21 donor countries, including the United States and China, will not be invited to the region's top political meeting, a ...

Pacific nation Solomon Islands has said it would exclude non-member nations from a key regional summit in September, a group that includes China, Taiwan and the United States.

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele, under mounting pressure from Beijing, recently reaffirmed Taiwan’s exclusion from the upcoming Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting. The decision marks ...

It's one of those diplomatic arguments which might strike a lot of people as obscure and bewildering. But the sometimes fierce dispute over which countries will (and will not) be able to attend the ...

After Solomon Islands switched recognition from Taiwan to the People’s Republic of China, it also put the upcoming Pacific Island Forum on the verge.20 You are invited to join us for dinner on the eve ...

As the region’s premier political and economic body, the PIF brings together 18 members to build consensus, address shared challenges, and amplify the Pacific’s voice on the global stage. 1 The U.S.

With China-Taiwan rivalry, China-Western competition, and big carbon emitters at odds with the islands on climate policy, there is plenty of tension to go around. But, for all its space in the ...