PRIME MINISTER HON. VOREQE BAINIMARAMA’S OPENING REMARKS AS THE CHAIR OF PIF AT THE U.S. – PACIFIC ECONOMIC AND TRADE TIES
27/09/2022PRIME MINISTER HON. VOREQE BAINIMARAMA’S STATEMENT AT THE BUSINESS AND COMMERCE SOCIAL AT THE US CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WASHINGTON D.C.
28/09/2022Published On: 28/09/2022
Secretary Blinken,
Senior Officials of the US Government
Thank you for hosting and welcoming us to DC. We look forward to our discussions throughout today and tomorrow.
Secretary, the Pacific Islands Forum family welcomes this opportunity to set the USA towards becoming the true Pacific power it can become. We saw this when both President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris addressed the Forum Leaders. We see it today and through this week of engagements.
This upcoming week will be the most significant engagement between the Pacific Islands Forum and the United States in a generation. The fact that Pacific Leaders will be sharing a room with the US President and the entire machinery of the US Government tells us how far we have come.
We look forward to working with the United States to better integrate our economies, improve flows of trade; strengthen our educational links; increase two-way tourism and exchange; link our cultural institutions; and better link our schools and community organizations. We, of course, also look forward to welcoming the Peace Corps volunteers back to Fiji.
Thank you for hosting and welcoming us to DC. We look forward to our discussions throughout today and tomorrow.
Secretary, the Pacific Islands Forum family welcomes this opportunity to set the USA towards becoming the true Pacific power it can become. We saw this when both President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris addressed the Forum Leaders. We see it today and through this week of engagements.
This upcoming week will be the most significant engagement between the Pacific Islands Forum and the United States in a generation. The fact that Pacific Leaders will be sharing a room with the US President and the entire machinery of the US Government tells us how far we have come.
We look forward to working with the United States to better integrate our economies, improve flows of trade; strengthen our educational links; increase two-way tourism and exchange; link our cultural institutions; and better link our schools and community organizations. We, of course, also look forward to welcoming the Peace Corps volunteers back to Fiji.
