SYDNEY: The Pacific Island nation of Kiribati has issued rare criticism of China over last month's launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile, saying the Pacific is not "isolated
Students holding national flags of China and Kiribati wait for a welcoming ceremony for Kiribati's President Taneti Maamau at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China Jan 6, 2020. Kiribati, a Pacific Ocean neighbour of Hawaii with a vast Exclusive Economic Zone of 3.6 million square km has developed close ties to Beijing in recent years including hosting Chinese police.
It was told by the Chinese Embassy there was no need to alert Kiribati because the test was not meant to target any country in the Pacific, the statement added. The 18 members of the Pacific Islands Forum, while small in land size and population, have a vast combined maritime zone they refer to as the Blue Pacific Continent and decades ago declared the region a nuclear free zone.
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