Why in the News?
The Partners in blue pacific initiative was recently launched to counter the threat of china.
About
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This initiative was launched amid China’s aggressive push of increasing its influence in the Pacific
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Under the new initiative, countries will be involved in “effective and efficient cooperation” with small island nations of the region
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The geostrategic competition in the Pacific region has intensified of late after China’s scope of increasing footprint in the region was made clear by signing a common cooperation agreement with 10 Pacific countries
- The initiative members will “elevate Pacific regionalism”, and forge stronger ties with the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF)