A bipartisan group of federal MPs will lead an Australian delegation to multiple Pacific island nations, the first such visit since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Foreign Minister Penny Wong, Pacific Minister Pat Conroy and their opposition counterparts Simon Birmingham and Michael McCormack will visit Vanuatu, Micronesia and Palau this week.
The delegation will meet with Vanuatu Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau, Micronesia’s President David W Panuelo and Palau’s President Surangel Whipps Jr.
Climate change, regional security and growing tensions within the Indo-Pacific are set to be high on the agenda during the talks.
A bipartisan delegation of federal MPs last visited Pacific nations in 2019….