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Fiji 'more comfortable' with traditional allies over China
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https://www.dw.com/en/fiji-more-comfortable-with-traditional-allies-over-china/a-67131469
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Fiji’s prime minister said his government was “more comfortable dealing with traditional friends” like Australia as China vies for greater influence in the Pacific.
A year after Beijing stuck a security pact with the Solomon Islands that raised fears of a Chinese naval base in the region, Rabuka said China’s competing geopolitical interests with the United States in the Pacific had been described as a “rivalry” and “one-upmanship.”
Australia agreed to sell 14 Australian-built Bushmaster armored military vehicles to Fiji, cooperate more closely on cybersecurity, and provide the Pacific island nation with financial aid to help the economy recover from the COVID-19 pandemic that decimated tourism
Fiji will also be included in a pilot of a streamlined visa program that would make it easier for Fijians to travel to Australia.
His current government put a decade-old policing agreement with China on hold and has sought to strengthen defense ties with Australia, which has long been a key US ally.
On Tuesday, speaking at the Lowy Institute think tank in Canberra, Rabuka outlined his vision for a “zone of peace” in the Pacific.
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