Samoa's prime minister speaks about Australia's deepening political engagement with Pacific Island nations at Lowy Institute.
Still, her measured comments on AUKUS are likely to be welcomed by the federal government, which has worked assiduously to counter regional fears that Australia's nuclear submarine push risks undermining the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and exacerbating an arms race.
In contrast, Fiji's new Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka threw his weight behind the nuclear submarine push after a visit from Anthony Albanese last week, playing down the risk of regional conflict and even declaring the massive military project could offer economic opportunities to Fiji. However Pacific nations are continuing to press Australia to take stronger action on climate change as the federal government continues to push to co-host a major Conference of the Parties UN meeting in 2026 with the Pacific.Ms Fiamē praised the Albanese Government's move to ratchet up emission reduction targets, saying the Pacific wanted to "congratulate" Australia for the "significant" new commitments it made.
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