"APIA —It took only 90 minutes for eight Polynesian leaders and their representatives Thursday to unanimously agree to establish the Polynesian Leaders Group (PLG).
The meeting - which convened at the Samoa Conference Center - was all but wrapped by noon.
After lunch, the leaders returned to endorse the outcome statement and to sign the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) - to officially establish the new body.
Addressing the media, PLG chairman Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi said;
"There was a historical meeting [Thursday] where leaders of the Polynesian countries came together and agreed to execute a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which formally establishes the Polynesian Leaders sub-regional group.
"And in doing so, the meeting confirmed... the critical importance of Polynesian countries working together through this group to seek a future for our Polynesian people and countries where cultures, traditions and values are honored and protected."
The meeting - which convened at the Samoa Conference Center - was all but wrapped by noon.
After lunch, the leaders returned to endorse the outcome statement and to sign the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) - to officially establish the new body.
Addressing the media, PLG chairman Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi said;
"There was a historical meeting [Thursday] where leaders of the Polynesian countries came together and agreed to execute a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which formally establishes the Polynesian Leaders sub-regional group.
"And in doing so, the meeting confirmed... the critical importance of Polynesian countries working together through this group to seek a future for our Polynesian people and countries where cultures, traditions and values are honored and protected."
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