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Vanuatu's varied parties and political leaders have different views on foreign policy and whether to ratify a stalled Australian security pact.

Australia has announced it will pay for more police in Solomon Islands and create a police training center in the South Pacific island nation’s capital Honiara, where Chinese law enforcement instructors are already based under a bilateral security pact with Beijing

New Zealand’s army chief, Maj. Gen. Rose King, has highlighted the challenges Pacific Island nations face with foreign military training in an interview with The Associated Press

People in Kiribati are going to the polls for the first round of voting in a national election expected to serve as a referendum on rising living costs and the government’s stronger ties with China