Government of Kiribati - Foreign Relations of Kiribati, Presidents of Kiribati, Vice-Presidents of Kiribati, Cuba-Oceania Relations, Anote Tong (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Foreign Relations of Kiribati, Presidents of Kiribati, Vice-Presidents of Kiribati, Cuba-oceania Relations, Anote Tong, Ieremia Tabai, Pacific Alliance Leaders Meeting, President of Kiribati, Teburoro Tito, Teima Onorio, Cabinet of Kiribati, Vice President of Kiribati, Teatao Teannaki, House of Assembly of Kiribati, List of Diplomatic Missions of Kiribati, Tion Otang. Excerpt: Cuban-Pacific relations are diplomatic, economic, cultural and other relations between the Republic of Cuba and countries situated in Oceania. In the 2000s, Cuba has been strengthening its relations with Pacific nations, which have, for the most part, responded favourably to Cuban medical aid in particular. The first Cuba-Pacific Islands ministerial meeting was held in September 2008 in Havana, with government members from ten Pacific countriesKiribati, Tuvalu, Nauru, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Tonga, Vanuatu, Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia and Papua New Guineaattending. The meeting was a consolidation rather than a starting point of Cuban-Pacific relations. Cuba has only one embassy in Oceania, located in Wellington (opened in November 2007). It also has a Consulate General in Sydney. However, Cuba has official diplomatic relations with Vanuatu since 1983, with Nauru since 2002 and the Solomon Islands since 2003, and maintains relations with other Pacific countries by providing aid. Cuba established formal diplomatic relations with Fiji, Samoa and Tonga in February and March 2009. The Republic of Cuba (green), the ten Pacific countries which attended the September 2008 ministerial meeting (orange), and the two Pacific countries in which Cuba has diplomatic representation, but which did not attend the meeting (mauve).The first of its kind, it brought together ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=19355812