Sol Trade Means Newsletter

Prime Minister Hon Manasseh Sogavare has been encouraged to ensure that Solomon Islands fully utilises the labour mobility opportunities provided with under its technical cooperation agreement with Canada.

Israel’s Special Envoy to the Pacific Islands, Her Excellency (HE) Simona Halperin paid a courtesy call to the Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare this afternoon.

The first Mexican Ambassador to Solomon Islands, His Excellency Amando Alvarez met with Prime Minister Hon Manasseh Sogavare yesterday, expressing his country’s desire to expand its economic trade links to Solomon Islands.

Solomon Islands Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade Milner Tozaka has been conferred with the “Award of Grand Officer of the Order of Star of Italy” in recognition of Solomon Islands ongoing effort to advocate against the impacts of Climate Change.

Climate Change impacts on vulnerable Islands States like Solomon Islands has dominated discussions between Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare and the visiting Italian Minister of Environment, Land and Sea Hon. Gian Luca Galletti in Honiara today.

A seasoned Fijian diplomat has been appointed as Director General of the Port Vila-based Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Secretariat.

Solomon Islands has joined 192 UN member countries in expressing commitment to domesticate and implement the 2030 agenda adopted at the 70th United Nations General Assembly meeting in September 2015.

Solomon Islands has signed the Paris Climate Agreement along with 175 other United Nations member states in New York last Friday, April 22^nd.

The Office of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Chair has refuted a news item by the Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) which inferred that the MSG Chair, Prime Minister Hon Manasseh Sogavare of Solomon Islands is not committed to attending the upcoming Special Leaders’ Summit.

The Labor Mobility Unit (LMU) in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade (MFAET) has refuted a local media report claiming that the Labour Mobility programme has been hijacked by politicians.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Hon Milner Tozaka today received and accepted the Letter of Credentials from the World Health Organisation (WHO) introducing its new country representative in Solomon Islands, Dr Sevil Huseynova.

The MSG (Melanesian Spearhead Group) Foreign Ministers have successfully completed their one-day meeting last Thursday 16th June in Lautoka, Republic of Fiji.

The Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Special Leaders’ Summit in Honiara concluded yesterday with the reaching of a number of key decisions on issues of interest to the Melanesian sub-regional bloc.

The Acting Prime Minister Manasseh Maelanga has thanked the Solomon Islands High Commissioner to New Zealand Her Excellency Mrs Joy Kere for progressing the interests of Solomon Islands in New Zealand.

High Commissioner Kere is currently in Honiara to update the Government on the progresses made by the High Commission Office in Wellington, especially, on areas of common interest between the two countries.

The Acting Prime Minister, Hon Manasseh Maelanga has thanked the Solomon Islands High Commissioner to New Zealand Her Excellency Mrs Joy Kere for progressing the interests of Solomon Islands in New Zealand.

Prime Minister Hon Manasseh Sogavare and the Minister for Police, National Security and Correctional Services, Hon Stanley Sofu yesterday held bilateral discussions with the Australian Minister for International Development and the Pacific Islands, Hon Concetta Ferriavante-Wells on various issues of bilateral interest between Solomon Islands and Australia.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Hon Milner Tozaka on Monday 29th August 2016 signed a revised Joint Commitment for Development with his New Zealand counter-part, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hon Murray McCully in Wellington, New Zealand.

Acting Prime Minister Manasseh Maelanga will head a strong Government delegation to attend the 47^TH Pacific Islands Forum Meeting in Ponphei, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) on Saturday.

The Solomon Islands delegation to the 47th Pacific Islands Forum in the Federated States of Micronesia was warmly received by the Kiribati President during their one-day stop over in Tarawa, Kiribati, on Monday 5^th September.

The newly appointed Fiji-based UNICEF Representative for the Pacific Island Countries, Sheldon Yett, presented his credentials to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Hon Milner Tozaka today.