This week's Pacific Islands Forum in Fiji is shaping up as one of the most consequential in years
It's been a long time coming. US and China to be excluded from Pacific meeting Photo shows National flags for the Pacific Islands Forum The decision by the Pacific's peak diplomatic body to exclude major international powers from a crucial meeting next month will give leaders the opportunity to discuss regional issues without outside pressure. Despite absence, China to feature prominently The Pacific has regularly made international headlines over the last few months as strategic competition in the region rapidly heats up and a host of high-profile visitors — from Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to White House Asia Pacific tsar Kurt Campbell and Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong — trace arcs between regional capitals. There was an acrimonious debate over climate policy at the last face-to-face PIF leaders meeting in Tuvalu, with Pacific Island leaders lashing out at Scott Morrison after an ill-tempered argument about his government's climate change policies. But that doesn't mean Australia and the Pacific are on the same page, or that climate change won't feature at this year's leaders meeting.
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