Impacts of climate change affecting Fiji and other Pacific Island nations will be discussed at this week’s PALM 10 meeting in Tokyo, Japan.
While the Japanese Government has provided various aid to help mitigate these impacts, officials informed the Pacific media this morning that 14 leaders are in Tokyo for the meeting, including Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka, who is expected to arrive this evening.
The Senior Deputy Director for Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Iwasaki Ryuji, noted that the meeting was last held in 2018 and emphasized the importance of strengthening ties with Fiji and the Pacific.
“PALM meetings started in 1997, and due to the long-standing relationship, the Japanese Government wants to promote this further. We ask the media to help people in the Pacific understand this,” he said.