7 Pacific Islands support West Papua

7 Pacific Islands nations support West Papua, excluding PNG

While Papua New Guinea which shares the same land border with West Papua maintain its stand that the issue of West Papua is for Indonesia to deal with.   

Speaking during the United Nations General Assembly last week the prime ministers and presidents of Nauru, Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Palau spoke with one voice for action on the reports of human right abuse. 

Foreign Affairs Minister, Rimbink Pato attended the UN meeting said on arrival in Port Moresby that PNG respects the sovereignty of Indonesia.