{"id":668385,"date":"2022-05-24T00:54:05","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T00:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/?p=74543"},"modified":"2022-05-24T00:54:05","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T00:54:05","slug":"chinas-high-level-milestone-visit-to-the-pacific-ahead-of-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2022\/05\/24\/chinas-high-level-milestone-visit-to-the-pacific-ahead-of-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s high-level \u2018milestone\u2019 visit to the Pacific ahead of schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/international\/pacific-news\/\"><em>RNZ Pacific<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Solomon Islands government has confirmed the much <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/international\/pacific-news\/467704\/a-high-level-chinese-govt-group-will-visit-solomon-islands-this-week-says-pm\">anticipated high-level visit by the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi<\/a> to the country is ahead of schedule this week.<\/p>\n<p>A statement yesterday said: &#8220;Mr Wang and his almost 20 member delegation will spend a day in Honiara, attending various high-level meetings, courtesy calls on the Prime Minister and acting Governor-General, and hosting a press conference alongside his counterpart, Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It said &#8220;the highlight of the visit is the signing of several key bilateral agreements with the national government&#8221;.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/?s=China+and+Pacific\"><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> Other China controversy reports<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said the visit by Wang will be a milestone in the Solomon Islands-China relationship.<\/p>\n<p>The ABC reports that the foreign minister will arrive in Honiara late on Wednesday night, and he will have meetings with Sogavare and other senior leaders on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>He is also expected to visit Fiji on Sunday and Monday, and Papua New Guinea next week Thursday and Friday.<\/p>\n<p>According to the ABC, Wang will also have plans to travel to other Pacific Islands nations, including Vanuatu, Samoa, Tonga, and Kiribati, as part of China&#8217;s efforts to increase its influence in the region.<\/p>\n<p><i><em>This article is republished under a community partnership agreement with RNZ. <\/em><\/i><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">This post was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/2022\/05\/24\/chinas-high-level-milestone-visit-to-the-pacific-ahead-of-schedule\/\">Asia Pacific Report<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RNZ Pacific The Solomon Islands government has confirmed the much anticipated high-level visit by the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to the country is ahead of schedule this week. A statement yesterday said: \u201cMr Wang and his almost 20 member delegation will spend a day in Honiara, attending various high-level meetings, courtesy calls on the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":400,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[190,814,46834,47755,28204,3153,5,495,6653,12,366,14,368,611,887,888,4623],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668385"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/400"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=668385"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":668386,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668385\/revisions\/668386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}