McKay's first assignment will be guiding
Vanuatu through the first stage of the ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge, which forms part of the qualification pathway to the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023, in Malaysia, starting from September 16.
"This complementarity, reinforced by regular consultations and dialogue, has resulted in multilateral action where Morocco and
Vanuatu can create innovative partnerships," said the King's Ambassador to
Vanuatu.Vanuatu is a country in the southern Pacific Ocean consisting of about 80 islands stretching 1,300 kilometers.
Vanuatu has a population of less than 300,000 people and well over 50% of its mobile connections still access 2G services.
The report that the Chinese and
Vanuatu governments had held preliminary discussions about a permanent Chinese military presence in the former French colony, which is 1,500 miles off the coast of Australia, has raised alarm bells in the region.
Foreign Minister Ralph Regenvanu said reports in Fairfax Media that the two countries were in preliminary discussions were false."No-one in the
Vanuatu Government has ever talked about a Chinese military base in
Vanuatu of any sort," he told the ABC's Pacific Beat program.
Over the last decade the country has become an increasingly popular tourist destination, with its number of international visitors growing by 42% and its tourism sector employing 55% of
Vanuatu's total labour force.
Group Captain Nick Olney said they had already planned the aerial survey in an Orion aircraft before the recent activity, but were happy to help provide
Vanuatu authorities with images and information.
Vanuatu is one of the world's poorest nations, where locals are almost entirely reliant on food grown in their garden to survive, aid workers said.
The MoU with
Vanuatu was signed by Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al-Zeyoudi, Minister of Climate Change and Environment of the UAE, and Bruno Leingkone, Minister for Foreign Affairs of
Vanuatu, on the sidelines of the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly in New York, a Wam news agency report said.
Jersey will now face
Vanuatu in the ICC World Cricket League Division 5 final tomorrow.
Malau presents a grammar of the Vuris language spoken by approximately 2,000 people mainly in several villages in the southeast of Vanua Lava, an island situated in the Banks group of islands in northern
Vanuatu. Vuris is in the Austronesian language family, she says, and most closely related to other Northern
Vanuatu languages.
Geological Survey reports that a strong earthquake has rattled the Pacific nation of
Vanuatu but there was no tsunami threat and no immediate reports of damage or injuries, according to AP.
A STRONG earthquake has hit off the South Pacific nation of
Vanuatu, but authorities said any threat of a tsunami had mostly passed.
