Anthony Albanese is off to Fiji to sign a landmark treaty, as Australia and the Chinese Communist Party face off in a diplomatic fight for influence in the Indo-Pacific.
The prime minister arrives in Suva on Sunday and is expected to sign the Vuvale Union agreement with his Fijian counterpart Sitiveni Rabuka on Monday.
He will then push on to the Solomon Islands on Tuesday to progress negotiations on a new treaty with Honiara, as part of a three-day Pacific tour.
The whirlwind round of diplomacy doesn’t stop there either, with Albanese to meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Melbourne later in the week….
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