By Loretta B Manele

Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele has given an outline of his international engagements for 2025.

He gave an update of the above whilst speaking at a press conference on Monday.

Manele said in regards to his next international engagements, the first will be as the incoming Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF).

He stated that he will attend a Pacific Islands Forum meeting on Mon 14th April, as part our preparations towards the PIF Leaders meeting here in Honiara in September.

Manele said he will also attend the Blue Economy and Finance Forum in Monaco from June 7th to 8th.

He stated that this is a preparatory meeting leading to the 3rd UNOC (UN Ocean Conference) which will be held on June 9 to 13th in Nice, France where he will speak as the host of the Honiara Summit that was held in Honiara in February this year.

The Prime Minister is also invited to speak and attend the OPEC Development Fund Forum that will be held in Vienna from June 16th to 17th.

He mentioned that Solomon Islands has signed an agreement framework with the OPEC Development Fund and hopefully, financing agreement on concessional funding requested by the Ministry of Finance and Treasury (MoFT) will be finalized at that time.

Manele said he will also be attending Papua New Guinea’s 50th independence anniversary between Sept 15th and 17th.

He added that on the invitation from James Marape, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, all PIF leaders will travel from Honiara to Port Moresby after the PIF meeting to participate in PNG’s 50th independence anniversary celebrations.

Manele said his final international engagement for this year will be at the 80th UNGA (United Nations General Assembly) meeting in New York from 21st Sept to 30th Sept.

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