The EU Meets Pacific Island Leaders

The EU Meets Pacific Island Leaders

Deputy Director-General Leffler makes a presentation to Pacific Island Leaders attending the PIF Post-Forum Dialogue.

Deputy Director-General for Development Mr. Christian Leffler led an eleven-strong EU delegation from Brussels and the region to attend the annual Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders meeting in Vanuatu in early August. Mr Leffler's team included the heads of the eight EU missions situated in the Pacific region as well as a representative from the European Investment Bank. The EU spoke at a meeting of the Pacific Leaders of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (P-ACP) group, met together with the Leaders of the Small Island States and made a presentation on EU policy at the Post-Forum Dialogue. There were also many individual meetings held with countries and organisations, including New Zealand's Foreign Minister Murray McCully and Deputy Secretary Chris Seed. The EU and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community signed a contribution agreement worth EUR 4.4 million for a legal and fiscal framework for sustainable resource management in the Pacific deep sea mineral sector. The EU, New Zealand and Australia are the three most significant donors in the Pacific.

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