Pacific Island Leaders Endorse Joint Policing Plan

Prime Minister of Tonga (C, front row) Hu’akavameiliku poses for a group picture with Pacific Island Forum (PIF) Leaders at the end of a retreat in Neiafu, Vava’u, Tonga on August 29, 2024. TUPOU VAIPULU / AFP

Pacific Island leaders endorsed a landmark regional policing plan Wednesday at a summit in Tonga, a contentious move seen as trying to limit China’s security role in the region.

Leaders unveiled a plan to create up to four regional police training centers and a multinational crisis reaction force, backed by $271 million in initial funding from Australia.

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