Background to Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC)
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined the inaugural India-Pacific Island Countries Forum Summit in November 2014 in Suva,Fiji where a delegation including Vanuatu's Foreign Affairs Minister was present. Prime Minister Modi announced new programs to benefit India and the Pacific Countries, including Vanuatu. These announcements included:
The 14 Pacific Island countries are
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined the inaugural India-Pacific Island Countries Forum Summit in November 2014 in Suva,Fiji where a delegation including Vanuatu's Foreign Affairs Minister was present. Prime Minister Modi announced new programs to benefit India and the Pacific Countries, including Vanuatu. These announcements included:
- An increase of "Grant-in-Aid" from US$125,000 to $200,000 annually to each of the 14 Pacific Countries for community projects of their choice.
- A Visa on arrival for Indians travelling to various Pacific Island Countries.
- A Trade Office in India for all Pacific Island countries in the forum.
- That the next India-Pacific Island Countries Forum Summit will take place in India in 2015.
- A new Visitors Programme for Pacific Island Countries.
India to Host Meeting of 14 Pacific Island Nations
On August 21, 2015 India will host the heads of 14 island
nations at the Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC), in
what is seen as a first step towards greater engagement with the region,
which is important from an economic and geostrategic standpoint
The
upcoming summit in Jaipur is expected to pave the way for agreements in
agriculture, food processing, fisheries, solar energy, e-networks for
coordination in telemedicine and tele-education, space cooperation and
climate change, all of which were mentioned as areas of potential
cooperation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Fiji in
Nov 2014
The 14 Pacific Island countries are
- Cook Islands
- Kingdom of Tonga
- Tuvalu
- Republic of Nauru
- Republic of Kiribati
- Vanuatu
- Solomon Islands
- Samoa
- Niue
- Republic of Palau
- Federated States of Micronesia
- Republic of Marshall Islands
- Fiji and
- Papua New Guinea.
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