{"id":65231,"date":"2026-09-27T11:10:47","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T05:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=65231"},"modified":"2026-09-29T11:46:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T06:16:50","slug":"forum-for-india-pacific-islands-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/forum-for-india-pacific-islands-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the External Affairs Minister chaired a meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC), on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>multilateral platform<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> established by India to enhance cooperation <\/span><b>with the Pacific Island countries.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was <\/span><b>established in 2014 during<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the Prime Minister of India\u2019s visit to Fiji.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Member countries:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It <\/span><b>includes 14 of the island countries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In line <\/span><b>with the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/act-east-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Act East Policy<\/a>\u201d,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> through FIPIC, India has primarily focused its efforts on the <\/span><b>Pacific Islands.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Economic Cooperation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00b7 At this moment, total annual trade of about $300 million between the Indian and Pacific Island countries, whereas exports are around $200 million and imports are around $100 million.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>FIPIC Summits held:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Since <\/span><b>2014<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> three FIPIC summits have been held, <\/span><b>1st 2014<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Suva, Fiji), <\/span><b>2nd 2015<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Jaipur, India), <\/span><b>3rd 2023<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/newsonair.gov.in\/eam-s-jaishankar-chairs-second-fipic-foreign-ministers-meeting-in-new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">News On Air<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation is a multilateral platform established by India to enhance cooperation with the Pacific Island countries. 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