SUVA, 02 OCTOBER 2019 (PACNEWS) — Marshall Islands top diplomat at the United Nations in New York, Ambassador Gerald M. Zackios is the proposed Micronesian candidate for the post of Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum. Ambassador Zackios has received the full backing of the leaders of the five Micronesian countries of the Federated […]
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US opens ‘COFA’ negotiations with Palau, 2 FAS
United States (US) Secretary of State Michael Pompeo announced that the US has begun the negotiation to extend the expiring Compact of Free Association (COFA) agreements with the Freely Associated States (FAS) of Palau, the Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI), and the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). In a joint press conference with the presidents […]
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Palau, Micronesia to support PIF head from RMI
President Tommy Remengesau Jr. and the Micronesian leaders will push for selection of a new Secretary General for the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Secretariat from Micronesia. Remengesau told reporters here that Palau would support a candidate from the Republic of the Marshall Islands(RMI). “The presidents and Heads of Delegation confirmed that it is Micronesia’s rotational […]