You are here

Results for Foreign Affairs

Monday 9 December 2024
thumbnail

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A new British High Commissioner to Tonga, HE Mr. Philip Malone presented his Letters of Credence to HM King Tupou VI at the Royal Palace today, 9 December 2024.
Node is premium Premium content
Friday 1 November 2024
thumbnail

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Mr. James P. Panuve was officially appointed as Israel’s first Honorary Consul to Tonga, in Nuku’alofa, this week.
Node is premium Premium content
Friday 27 September 2024
thumbnail

New York, USA
A high-level plenary meeting on “Addressing the existential threats posed by Sea-level rise” was attended by Tonga's Prime Minister Hon. Hu’akavameiliku and MEIDECC Minister, Hon. Fekitamoeloa 'Utoikamanu at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on 25 September.
Node is premium Premium content
Wednesday 28 August 2024
thumbnail

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Consular Team from U.S. Embassy Suva will visit Nuku'alofa on a quarterly-visit basis to see visa applicants who have made appointments in advance. The launch of a Consular window pilot program followed the Embassy’s official opening in Tonga today, August 28.
Node is premium Premium content
Saturday 4 May 2024
thumbnail

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Visiting Tonga today, the State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Mr. Tsuge Yoshifumi, leading a special envoy of Japan's Prime Minister, met Hon. Hu'akavameiliku at the Prime Minister's Office in Nuku'alofa, this morning, 4 May.
Node is premium Premium content
Friday 22 March 2024

London, UK
The Commonwealth Secretary-General, the Rt. Hon. Patricia Scotland KC, will spend Easter Sunday in Tonga on her first official visit to Tonga from 30 March to 3 April.
Node is premium Premium content
Friday 15 March 2024

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Two Honorary Consuls to the Kingdom of Tonga were appointed by the Prime Minister Hon. Hu'akavameiliku, today, 15 March, at Nuku'alofa. Mr. Tapu Panuve was appointed as the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Korea, and Ms. Tania Laumanulupe Tupou as the Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, to the Kingdom of Tonga.
Node is premium Premium content
Monday 4 March 2024
thumbnail

New York, USA
The Government of Tonga formally established diplomatic relations with the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, with the signing of a joint communiqué by the Permanent Representative of Tonga to the United Nations, Viliami Va’inga Tone and Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Nepal to the United Nations, Lok Bahadur Thapa in a brief ceremony held on 1 March, 2024, at the Permanent Mission of Nepal, in New York.
Node is premium Premium content
Wednesday 7 February 2024
thumbnail

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga and New Zealand reinforced bilateral relations and their trusted friendship, while noting areas and plans of action both countries are cooperating on, in a bilateral meeting today, with the Acting Prime Hon. Minister Samiu Vaipulu and New Zealand’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Rt. Hon. Winston Peters, who arrived in Tonga last night, 6 February.
Node is premium Premium content
Tuesday 6 February 2024
thumbnail

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Rt. Hon. Winston Peters, is making an official visit to Tonga, arriving tonight, at Fua'amotu International Airport.
Node is premium Premium content
Tuesday 19 December 2023
thumbnail

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Ambassador-designate of Japan to Tonga, HE Mr. Hisao Inagaki arrived in Nuku’alofa on Friday, 15 December 2023. Mr. Inagaki will be the sixth resident Ambassador of Japan to Tonga.
Node is premium Premium content
Friday 17 November 2023
thumbnail

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The USS Pearl Harbor hosted a tour for Tonga's press yesterday 16 November, providing an in depth look into the 25-year-old Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy, berthed in Nuku'alofa - the final stop of its Pacific tour before it returns to Hawaii.
Node is premium Premium content
Thursday 9 November 2023
thumbnail

London, UK
The United Kingdom Minister of State for Indo-Pacific, Rt. Hon.Anne-Marie Trevelyan will pay a high-level visit to Tonga, on 14 November, being her first official visit since the UK High Commission in Tonga re-opened in 2020.
Node is premium Premium content
Friday 3 November 2023
thumbnail

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Kingdom of Tonga and the People's Republic of China celebrated their 25th Anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations, last night, 2 November, at a dinner reception hosted by the Chinese Embassy in Nuku’alofa.
Node is premium Premium content
Wednesday 1 November 2023

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Prime Minister said, “We are not trying to impress anyone. This was a sovereign decision made by the Government of Tonga...,” when he was asked why Tonga had opposed the UN General Assembly resolution that called for an “immediate, durable and sustained humanitarian truce” between Israeli forces and Hamas in Gaza. Tonga was one of only 14 countries, including the US and Israel, to reject the resolution, which urged the cessation of hostilities.
Monday 16 October 2023

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Thirty Tongan nationals have been safely evacuated from Israel, including some from New Zealand, Australia, and Fiji, on a 61 passengers-flight to London, chartered by the Tonga Government at the weekend.
Node is premium Premium content
Tuesday 3 October 2023

Washington DC, USA
Prime Minister Hon. Hu’akavameiliku held a bilateral meeting with the Executive Director of the World Bank, Group of Southeast Asia, Dr. Wempi Saputra, on 26 September, at Washington D.C., where they discussed upon areas that could better assist Tonga in line with the goals of the World Bank, of ending extreme poverty and promoting shared prosperity, focusing on sustainability, resilience, and inclusiveness.
Node is premium Premium content
Friday 29 September 2023
Hu'akavameiliku

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga and other small island developing states require greater access to concessional finance to support our development endeavours and to strengthen our resilience against external shocks, the Prime Minister Hon. Hu‘akavameiliku told the United Nations.
Node is premium Premium content
Thursday 7 September 2023
thumbnail

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Senior Pastor from the Good News Gangnam Church in South Korea, Rev. Dr Ock Soo Park, paid a courtesy call on the Prime Minister Hon Hu’akavameiliku, on 5 September, at St George Building, Nuku’alofa.
Node is premium Premium content
Thursday 7 September 2023
thumbnail

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Prime Minister Hon Hu'akavameiliku received a courtesy call from the Saudi Minister of Tourism and Chairman of the Saudi Fund for Development HE Mr. Ahmed Al Khateeb, with delegation, on Friday 1 September, at the St. George Government building, Nuku’alofa.
Node is premium Premium content

Pages