Cook Islands Signs Partnership with China

A 2023 file photo of Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown. (Photo by Dominika Zarzycka / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP)

Mark Brown, the Prime Minister of the Cook Islands, signed a comprehensive strategic partnership deal with China’s Premier Li Qiang on Saturday. This will cause further concern in New Zealand, with whom the Cook Islands has a constitutional link.

The agreement focuses on trade and investment, tourism, aquaculture, ocean science, infrastructure, and climate resilience. 

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