Foreign Affairs

Supervising Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Hon. Peter Shanel Agovaka with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence for Australia, Hon. Richard Marles upon his arrival last week.

 

 

 

 

The Supervising Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Hon. Peter Shanel Agovaka held a fruitful bilateral meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence for Australia, Hon. Richard Marles on Wednesday 28 June 2023.

Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Hon. Jeremiah Manele, Ambassador of Japan to the Solomon Islands, His Excellency Miwa Yoshiaki and Takeshi Watanabe Resident Representative of JICA Solomon Islands after the signing of the Exchange of Notes on Friday.

 

 

 

 

The Governments of Solomon Islands and Japan have signed an Exchange of Notes and Grant Agreement for a project to implement the expansion and improvement of the Kilu’ufi hospital on Malaita Province.

Ambassador & Permanent Representative of Solomon Islands to the United Nations, H.E Mrs. Jane Mugafalu Kabui Waetara and Mr. David Nanopoulos, Chief of the United Nations Treaty Office during the deposit ceremony.

 

 

 

 

Solomon Islands as a signatory to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on 23rd of September 2008, officially deposited the Instrument of Ratification to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on 22nd of June 2023.

Senior Government Officials from Solomon Islands and New Zealand at the ‘Security & Defence’ thematic side-meeting.

 

 

 

 

Senior Officials from the Solomon Islands Government are in Wellington this week for the High-Level Consultations’ (HLC) with their counterparts from the New Zealand Government.

 

 

 

 

 

 

June 2023. Solomon Islands Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Hon. Jeremiah Manele was invited to participate by His Excellency Khalid Al Falih, Minister of Investment, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

MFAET Minister Hon. Jeremiah Manele (Centre) PS MFAET Collin Beck ((Right) andPS MECDM Dr. Melchior Mataki (left) attending the meeting.

 

 

 

 

 

The Second Ministerial Meeting between the League of Arab States and the Pacific Small Island Developing States was convened in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on 12th June 2023.

At the invitation of the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and based on the ties of friendship between the Kingdom and the Solomon Islands, Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands, Honorable Manasseh Sogavare MP, paid a visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during the period 16-11/21/1444 AH corresponding to 5-10/6/2023.

Ambassador of the European Union to the Solomon Islands, His Excellency Sujiro Seam with the Supervising Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Hon. Peter Shanel Agovaka.

 

 

 

The outgoing Ambassador of the European Union to the Solomon Islands, His Excellency Sujiro Seam paid a visit to the Supervising Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Hon. Peter Shanel Agovaka on Thursday (8th June 2023).

 

 

 

Solomon Islands will soon engage in a bilateral security agreement with the Republic of Fiji as part of efforts to fill the gaps in its security space.  

PM Sogavare and President HE Yoon Suk Yoel

 

  

 

Solomon Islands expressed reservations on an element of the outcome Declaration of the Korea-Pacific Islands Forum Summit in particular the reference to competing Strategy to the 2050 Strategy of the Blue Pacific Continent adopted by Pacific Leaders in 2022, in Suva, Fiji.