SUVA, Fiji Islands (July 3, 2002 - PINA Nius Online)---Fiji will welcome leaders to this month's African, Caribbean, Pacific (ACP) summit at Nadi with Fijian ceremonies and Fijian and Indian cultural performances, the government said yesterday.
Heads of state, leaders and delegates attending the 3rd summit of the 78-nation ACP group are expected to begin arriving in Nadi on the 14th and 15th of this month.
The ACP has a major trade and aid partnership with the European Union (EU).
One of the major focuses of the July 16-19 Nadi summit will be finalizing preparations for important Economic Partnership Agreements negotiations with the EU, which begin in September.
Pacific Islands members of the ACP group are: the Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, the Federal States of Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.
On July 16th informal bilateral and pre-summit meetings...