Tuvalu accepts security and climate pact, says Australia’s Pacific minister
Deal had been thrown into doubt during election campaign in Tuvalu over sovereignty concernsAustralia and Tuvalu will go ahead with a security and climate migration pact, after the latter’s new government agreed not to change the deal, Australia’s Pacific minister, Pat Conroy, has told parliament.The two countries had announced the deal in November, but it was thrown into doubt during an election campaign in the remote Pacific atoll of 11,000 people that is threatened by rising sea levels. Continue reading...
Deal had been thrown into doubt during election campaign in Tuvalu over sovereignty concerns
Australia and Tuvalu will go ahead with a security and climate migration pact, after the latter’s new government agreed not to change the deal, Australia’s Pacific minister, Pat Conroy, has told parliament.
The two countries had announced the deal in November, but it was thrown into doubt during an election campaign in the remote Pacific atoll of 11,000 people that is threatened by rising sea levels. Continue reading...