Scant details released save for promises of infrastructure support, amid western concerns that China is seeking to expand its security presence in region
The Samoan government confirmed in a press release on Saturday that Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi and Samoan prime minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa had met and discussed “climate change, the pandemic and peace and security”.
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