Text of report by Solomon Islands locally-owned newspaper website, Solomon Times Online on 8 June.
Prime Minister Dr Derek Sikua will lead a government delegation to attend the Pacific-Arab summit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, towards the end of this month.
The meeting is to be held from 23-25 June 2010.
The Government Communications Unit says that the government's delegation to the meeting will include Foreign Affairs Minister William Haomae and Minister for Development Planning and Aid Coordination Steve Abana.
UAE Foreign Minister Shaykh Abdallah Bin Zayid Al Nuhayyan had invited foreign ministers and/or representatives of more than 30 Arab and Pacific states to the summit.
According to a source at the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the meeting will discuss aspects of cooperation between the League of Arab States and the Pacific island states as well as efforts to lobby support for Arab causes in international circles.
The source said the meeting is the "culmination of efforts being made by the United Arab Emirates to facilitate cooperation between Arab countries and the Pacific nations," noting Shaykh Abdallah toured the South Pacific region in February this year.
Other Pacific island nations who have been invited to the meeting are Samoa, Palau, Nauru, Tuvalu, Fiji, Micronesia and Marshall Islands.
BBC Monitoring Middle East 06-09-10
