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Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown will visit China next week, marking the first visit by a leader of the South Pacific state in a decade. The visit aims to strengthen economic, climate, and investment ties, as well as tourism and infrastructure. The visit comes amid concerns from Pacific island nations over U.S. foreign policy, and follows a proposal by the Cook Islands to create its own passports, which was rejected by New Zealand.

Courtesy: theprint.in

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