China supports Solomon Islands in its hosting of the 54th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting this year, Wang said, expressing the hope that both countries will seize the opportunities the meeting presents and work together to promote development.
Agovaka said that Solomon Islands firmly opposes “Taiwan independence” and supports the efforts of the Chinese government to achieve national reunification.
Solomon Islands looks forward to strengthening its practical cooperation with China in areas such as education, policing, medical and health care, and cultural protection, Agovaka said.
When meeting with the Cook Islands’ Minister for Foreign Affairs and Immigration Tingika Elikana, Wang said that China has always attached great importance to its relations with the Cook Islands, and supports the Cook Islands in safeguarding its national sovereignty and in choosing a development path suited to its national conditions independently.
China is willing to work with the Cook Islands to uphold the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities, and to build a fair, reasonable, cooperative and win-win global climate governance system, Wang said.
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Elikana said that the Cook Islands will firmly adhere to the one-China principle, adding that the foreign ministers’ meeting between China and Pacific Island countries has created an opportunity to deepen cooperation between the two sides and strengthen the unity of the island countries, and that the Cook Islands is in firm support of this.
