The Tongan prime minister, Hu’akavemeiliku Siaosi Sovaleni, and the Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, spoke at the Pacific Islands Forum in Nuku’alofa, Tonga, after Pacific island leaders agreed to back a regional policing plan that will see the establishment of police training centres of excellence. Australia overcame last-minute concerns that the plan, described as ‘a Pacific-led initiative’ by Albanese, was part of a geopolitical play to exclude China. ‘This is something that has arisen from the Pacific family, to look after the Pacific family,’ Albanese said
