Australia and Fiji seal a new mutual defense pact in a push to counter China in the Pacific

Australia and Fiji signed a new mutual defense pact, the Ocean of Peace Alliance, and an economic treaty, the Vuvale Union, to strengthen security and economic ties. Australia will invest over 1 billion Australian dollars in Fiji over a decade, marking Fiji's first mutual defense treaty and Australia's fourth. The agreements aim to counter Chinese influence in the Pacific following China's security deal with the Solomon Islands.