Biden to host leader of Pacific Islands, Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC)

  • September 25, 2023
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Biden to host leader of Pacific Islands , Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC)

Subject :IR

Section: Groupings

Context: Biden to host leader of Pacific Islands to counter China Influence;

More about the news:

  • President Joe Biden is set to host leaders of Pacific Islands in two-day U.S.-Pacific Island Forum Summit 
  • President Joe Biden is set to establish diplomatic relations Monday with two South Pacific nations, the Cook Islands and Niue.
  • The forum includes Australia, the Cook Islands, Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.

What are Pacific Island Countries:

  • The Pacific Island Countries are a cluster of 14 states which are located largely in the tropical zone of the Pacific Ocean between Asia, Australia and the Americas.
  • They include Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Republic of Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.
  • The islands are divided on the basis of physical and human geography into three distinct parts — Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia.
  • Despite their small land area, the islands are spread out over a wide swath of the Pacific Ocean. Kiribati and FSM, have EEZs larger than that of India.

What is Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC)

  • FIPIC is a multinational grouping developed for cooperation between India and 14 PICs, namely Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.
  • It was launched in November 2014 and the first FIPIC summit was held in Suva, Fiji in 2014 and the second one was held in Jaipur, India in 2015.
  • The 3rd Forum for India–Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC) Summit was held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea on May 22, 2023.
  • It was co-chaired by Indian and Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister and attended by 14 Pacific Island Countries (PICs).

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