Facilitator and Participants of the Joint Public-Private Sector Consultative Dialogue on the EU-Pacific Interim Economic Partnership Agreement.
A Joint Public-Private Sector Consultative Dialogue on the EU-Pacific Interim Economic Partnership Agreement was held in Honiara yesterday.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External organized the dialogue in partnership with the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS)- European Union (EU)- Strengthening Pacific Intra-Regional and International Trade (SPIRIT) programme.
The dialogue is geared towards refining the implementation of the EU-Pacific interim Economic Partnership Agreement (EU-iEPA ) that Solomon Islands is a party to.
Speaking at the start of the dialogue, Trade Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Barrett Salato acknowledged the participants for their support and cooperation as they discuss pertinent issues to Solomon Islands trade and development.
He said Solomon Islands and the European Union has a long and sustained economic and trade relations for many years and the EU is ranked second export destination for the Solomon Islands, accounting for 16 percent of our total export and ranked 7th as our source of import…
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