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Paris kicks off preparations for increasingly strategic biannual Pacific naval meet

Senior naval officials from nearly 30 countries pose for a group photo at the Western Pacific Naval Symposium (WPNS) held in Qingdao, China, on 22 April 2024.
Senior naval officials from nearly 30 countries pose for a group photo at the Western Pacific Naval Symposium (WPNS) held in Qingdao, China, on 22 April 2024. © Kyodo via Reuters Connect
The preparatory meeting for the 20th Western Pacific Naval Symposium to be held in November in Tahiti will launch on 24 March. This year, Paris is chairing the major biannual forum which, once a purely formal affair, has taken on a more strategic dimension under Beijing's influence since the last edition in Qingdao. [...]
Reading time 3 minutes Jérémy André
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