The ACP Council of Ministers at its 109th Session held in Brussels from 21-22 May 2019 unanimously approved Samoa’s bid to host the signing ceremony for the next ACP-EU Treaty.  Four other countries also competed for the right to host the signing ceremony. In thanking Council for its

In the context of ACP-EU negotiations for a successor agreement to Cotonou, Ambassador Fatumanava Dr Paolelei Luteru, in his capacity as Chair of the ACP Sustainable Development sub-committee, visited CTA at the invitation of the Director, Mr Michael Hailu, on 10 April 2019. Ambassador Luteru met with management first.  During

Prime Minister Tuilaepa attended the ACP Ministerial Central Negotiating Group and the joint ACP-EU sessions held in N’Djamena, Tchad from 3-4 April 2019.  He was accompanied by Peseta Noumea Simi, CEO of the MFAT, and Ambassador Luteru. In his intervention during the ACP meeting, Tuilaepa noted that the successor agreement

The 2019 Non-State Actors (NSA) Consultation Meeting on Post-Cotonou Agreement Negotiations was held at the ACP House in Brussels on 7th – 8th March 2019. Mr Fuimaono Falefa Lima, Chief Executive Officer of the Samoa Umbrella for Non-Governmental Organisations Inc. (SUNGO), was one of three Pacific NSA representatives who attended

The first Pacific ACP-EU High-Level political Dialogue since the launch of the Post-Cotonou negotiations in September 2018, was held at the Taumeasina Island Resort in Apia from 25th – 26th February 2019. The Dialogue was the first EU high-level engagement with the ACP regions on the Post-Cotonou negotiations. During the

On 6th December 2018, the Council of the European Union adopted a decision to approve the signing and provisional application of Samoa’s accession to the Interim Economic Partnership Agreement. Subsequently, Samoa deposited its Instrument of Accession to the Council of the European Union on 20 December 2018 thus allowing for undisrupted

Samoa’s Ambassador to Europe, H.E. Fatumanava III Dr Pa’olelei Luteru, represented Samoa at the 108th Session of the ACP Council of Ministers held in Brussels, Belgium from 13 to 14 December 2018. The 108th Session was the first ACP Ministerial meeting since the official launch of ACP-EU Post Cotonou negotiations

The 52nd Session of the ACP Parliamentary Assembly was held in Cotonou, Benin from 28th – 30th November 2018. The meeting preceded the 36th Session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly from 3rd to 5th December 2018 where resolutions were adopted on the fight against cybercrime and drug trafficking; the development

On 29th November the Accession of Samoa to the EU-Pacific States Interim EPA was adopted in the European Parliament Plenary in Strasbourg, France by a majority vote of 504 in favour, 117 against and 11 abstentions. The European Parliament will now notify the Council of the European Union of its

Honourable Lautafi Fio Selafi Joseph Purcell, Minister for Trade Negotiations, chaired the 16th Meeting of the Joint ACP-EU Ministerial Trade Committee Meeting held on 26th October 2018 at the EU’s Borschette Building in Brussels, Belgium.  During the meeting, Samoa’s delegation emphasised the importance of the ACP-EU EPA’s promise to boost