Tokyo: The incoming Forum Chair and Prime Minister of the Cook Islands, the Honourable Mark Brown, is leading a Forum delega­tion to Tokyo this week to convey concerns and requests of Pacific Leaders for deferral of Japan’s planned discharge of treated nu­clear wastewater into the Pacific.

Prime Minister Brown met with the Japan Foreign Minister, Yoshi­masa Hayashi. PM Brown was ac­companied by the Secretary Gen­eral of the Pacific Islands Forum, Henry Puna. Recalling related commitments at the PALM9, PM Brown emphasized ongoing Pacific concerns with the proposed plans for ocean release, based on PIF in­dependent scientific assessment of the data.

The Prime Minister and Foreign Minister confirmed the impor­tance of ensuring no harm to the environment and human health. PM Brown reiterated the need for assurance that release will not be undertaken without further ex­change of information and satis­faction of all parties.

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Source: Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat