Chinese foreign minister visits Samoa to deepen Pacific ties

China’s foreign minister Wang Yi (AP)

China’s foreign minister has met with the leaders of Samoa in his third stop of an island-hopping tour aimed at deepening Chinese ties with Pacific nations.

The two sides signed an economic and technical cooperation agreement, a handover certificate for an arts and culture centre and the Samoa–China Friendship Park, and an exchange of letters for a fingerprint laboratory for the police, the Samoan government said.