STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER OF SAMOA HON FIAME NAOMI MATAAFA AT THE 78th SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, NEW YORK
Saturday, 23 September 2023
Presenter:
Honourable Fiame Naomi Mata’afa
Location:
UN General Assembly
The Independent State of Samoa and the Dominican Republic have formally established diplomatic relations with effect from 23 September 2021. The Joint Communiques were signed between H.E. Mr. Roberto Alvarez, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic, and H.E. Fatumanava-o-Upolu III Dr. Paolelei Luteru, Permanent Representative of Samoa to the United Nations, at the Permanent Mission of the Dominican Republic in New York.
Samoa has taken over the Chairmanship of the Pacific SIDS from Fiji.