Fijian Foreign Minister Kaliopate Tavola Sunday said his country
will make no changes to one-China policy and expressed his
satisfaction with the development of relations with China.
Telling Xinhua on the eve of the regional leaders' meeting,
known as the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) in Nadi, Tavola recalled
the success of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's visit to Fiji in April
this year.
He said the two countries have beefed up their cooperation in
areas such as tourism, education and fisheries since the visit.
He noted a Fijian-Chinese working commission is to discuss the
next step in trade and economic cooperation in Beijing next
month.
The PIF, set up in 1971, groups Australia, the Cook Islands, the
Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand,
Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Marshall Islands, Samoa, the
Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.
(Xinhua News Agency October 23, 2006)
