PNG, Vanuatu and Tuvalu confirm attendance

Leaders of Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu and Tuvalu have confirmed that they will attend the second Engaging With the Pacific conference to be hosted by Fiji later this week.

Newly appointed Prime Minister of PNG, Peter O’Neil, Vanuatu Prime Minister, Sato Kilman and Tuvalu Prime Minister, Willy Telavi are part of the representatives from about 20 countries attending the meeting.

Senior Ministers and representatives from Kiribati, Nauru, Solomon Islands, Timor Leste, Tonga, Wallis and Futuna, Tahiti, Marshall Islands and Federated States of Micronesia are also expected to attend.

Meanwhile the Pacific Islands Leaders Forum will be held in New Zealand from next Tuesday to Friday.

Story by: Vijay Narayan