Xiamen: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who is also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, will chair the Third China-Pacific Island Countries Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Xiamen, Fujian Province from May 28 to 29, a foreign ministry spokesperson announced on Wednesday.

According to Namibia Press Agency, foreign ministers or representatives from 11 island countries having diplomatic relations with China will attend the meeting. These include President and Foreign Minister Taneti Maamau of Kiribati, Premier and Foreign Minister Dalton Tagelagi of Niue, and Crown Prince and Minister for Foreign Affairs Tupouto'a 'Ulukalala of Tonga. Other attendees are Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Lionel Rouwen Aingimea of Nauru, Secretary of Foreign Affairs Lorin S. Robert of the Federated States of Micronesia, and Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade Peter Shanel Agovaka of the Solomon Islands.

The delegation will also feature Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and External Trade Marc Ati of Vanuatu, Minister for Foreign Affairs Justin Tkatchenko of Papua New Guinea, and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Immigration Tingika Elikana of the Cook Islands. Additionally, Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs and Deputy Speaker of the Parliament Lenora Qereqeretabua of Fiji, a representative of the government of Samoa and Ambassador of Samoa to China Luamanuvae A. Mariner, and Deputy Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Esala Nayasi will be present at the meeting.