PACIFIC COMMUNITY URGED TO EXPLORE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES

Prime Minister O’Neill said the outgoing United States President Barak Obama has declared the Pacific nations as part of (America’s) Pacific Century and this provides great opportunities for Pacific Island nations to utilise their abundant resources for the betterment of their citizens.

He said we are also blessed with wonderful people with beautiful cultures and also we have the most scenic islands in the world that continue to draw visitors to our shores.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare left the country early this week to attend the World Conservation Congress.

The Prime Minister’s Press Secretariat earlier reports, Prime Minister Sogavare also attended the two-day Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders’ (PICL’s) Standing Committee’s Special Meeting on Tuesday at the East-West Centre in Honolulu.

Deliberations at this year’s PICL Special Meeting is convened under the New Perspectives on Regional Cooperation and Regional Architecture, Enhancing Pacific Islands-United States Engagement; the 2016 US Presidential Election: Implications for the Pacific and other topics.