AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoCommonwealth Games medal surge: Nauru’s 17-year-old weightlifting star Femily-Crystie Notte won bronze in the women’s 63kg at Glasgow, lifting 100kg in the snatch and 116kg in the clean and jerk for a podium finish—Nauru’s second medal of the Games, and the latest in a run where all Pacific medals so far have come from weightlifting. Diplomatic shift with Georgia’s occupied regions: Nauru has severed diplomatic relations with Abkhazia and South Ossetia (Tskhinvali/Sokhumi), a move Georgia’s foreign ministry says it welcomed as a return to respect for international law; Georgia also says Nauru took the decision on 21 July, while de facto authorities have not yet commented. Pacific diplomacy in Jerusalem: Nauru’s planned embassy opening in Jerusalem is being framed by a regional academic as part of a wider Pacific trend, with Fiji and Papua New Guinea also establishing missions there. Australia-Nauru ties: Australia has appointed career diplomat Lisa White as its next high commissioner to Nauru, saying the role supports a deeper integrated economic, social and security partnership. Deep-sea mining debate: Greenpeace says the International Seabed Authority assembly in Kingston is intensifying calls for a global moratorium, arguing there isn’t enough science to safely expand deep-sea mining.
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