Former Nauru president Baron Waqa — who famously clashed with a Chinese diplomat and accused Beijing of bullying smaller countries — will take the reins of the Pacific's peak regional body next year, after a special Pacific Islands Forum meeting in Fiji.
Prime ministers and presidents from a host of Pacific nations gathered in Nadi on Friday to cement a deal that will see Kiribati formally return to the forum — known as the Suva Agreement — after a prolonged leadership dispute.
