SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Cook Islands said on Saturday that it signed a comprehensive strategic partnership deal with China - a ...

No details have been released, but analysts and environmentalists fear it will pave the way for closer security ties and the ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China is willing to deepen mutual political trust with the Cook Islands, China's Premier Li Qiang said ...

Cook Islands officials yesterday said they had discussed seabed minerals research with China as the small Pacific island ...

New Zealand’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Winston Peters said he will wait to see the contents of China’s ...

China seeks to enhance political trust and cooperation with the Cook Islands, as discussed by Premier Li Qiang and Prime ...

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown is on his way back to Rarotonga after signing an agreement with China yesterday which ...

Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Friday met with Prime Minister of the Cook Islands Mark Brown in Harbin, capital city of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Brown is here for the closing ceremony of ...

The Cook Islands causes concern in New Zealand as it moves toward a possible collaboration with China on deep-sea mining.

Cook Islands officials said on Friday they had discussed seabed minerals research with China as the small Pacific island mulls deep-sea mining of its waters. The self-governing co ...

SYDNEY, Feb 14, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Cook Islands officials said Friday they had discussed seabed minerals research with China as the small Pacific island mulls deep-sea mining of its waters.