A Meeting of the Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC) Foreign Ministers chaired by the External Affairs Minister (EAM) Dr. S. Jaishankar was held in New York on 23 September 2026 on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly. This was the second Foreign Ministers’ Meeting held under the FIPIC framework.

2. The meeting witnessed high-level participation from the Pacific Island Countries (PIC), including the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance of Samoa; the Foreign Ministers of Fiji, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu; the Finance Minister of the Kingdom of Tonga; the Secretary of the Department of Justice and Attorney General of the Federated States of Micronesia; the Health Minister of Vanuatu; the Deputy Foreign Minister of Naoero; and the Secretary-General of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF).

3. The leaders reviewed the outcomes of the FIPIC Summits and welcomed progress in India- PIC cooperation, including under the 12-Point Action Plan announced in 2023 by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. They discussed further cooperation in renewable energy, climate action, disaster resilience, education, healthcare and capacity building. The Meeting reaffirmed the commitment to strengthen the FIPIC partnership and cooperation in regional and multilateral fora.

New York, USA
September 23, 2026