Chinese foreign minister won’t receive journalists during Pacific island visit

Yesterday was the second day of his two-day trip to Fiji.The Fijian journalist said: “The press conference itself was held by the visiting government and the press credentials were also issued by the Chinese government.” Facing Movono Tell protector.

Movono and her cameraman, and the Australian TV crew ABCwas forbidden to film Wang and Shortly after Wang Yi, Secretary-General of the Pacific Islands Forum, arrived in Fiji the day beforealthough they are all certified.

On May 26, Wang Yi visited the Solomon Islands. At the first stop of his visit, the Solomon Islands only allowed a limited number of media to attend the press conference on the grounds of preventing and controlling the COVID-19 epidemic. Only two questions are allowed One of the letters was sent by a local journalist to the Solomon Islands Foreign Minister, and the other was sent by Chinese media to Wang Yi. No interaction He was allowed to meet with the media at his next two stops, Kiribati and Samoa.

Resisting Chinese pressure

“The Chinese delegation’s activities with several Pacific island organizations are completely opaque and clearly violate democratic principles in the countries of the region,” said Daniel Bastard, head of Reporters Without Borders’ Asia-Pacific division. “We call on officials preparing to meet with Wang Yi to resist Chinese pressure and allow local journalists and international organizations to cover these activities, which are of public interest.”

After Solomon Islands, Kiribati, Samoa and Fiji, Wang Yi will also visit Tonga, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea and East Timor, also with the aim of signing free trade and security agreements.

RSF Previously Condemning the discriminatory behavior of the Chinese delegation President Xi Jinping made these remarks to local and international media at the APEC summit in Papua New Guinea in November 2018.