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BEIJING/SYDNEY, Nov 17 (Reuters) – China said it hopes Fiji will continue to give ‘firm’ support to it on issues concerning Beijing’s core interests and major concerns, state media cited President Xi Jinping as saying to Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka.
Rabuka, who became the first new prime minister in Fiji in 16 years in December, met Xi for the first time on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco on Thursday.
Fiji’s government said in a statement the meeting was focused on China’s Belt and Road Initiative, and the leaders discussed Beijing’s concessional loan to Fiji and a joint project to modernise Fiji’s ports.
In the statement, Fiji expressed support for Xi’s “vision for global security” which it said mirrored Rabuka’s advocacy for a “Pacific Zone of Peace”.
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