Overview

• Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Sitiveni Rabuka held delegation-level talks at Hyderabad House and announced a broad plan to expand defence and security cooperation.
• Seven agreements were signed, with India pledging training and equipment to strengthen Fiji’s maritime security and cooperation in cybersecurity and data protection.
• New Delhi committed health assistance including a 100-bed super-speciality hospital in Suva, dialysis units, sea ambulances, Jan Aushadhi centres and a Jaipur foot camp.
• Fiji reaffirmed support for India’s 2028–29 UN Security Council non-permanent bid and backed India’s case for permanent membership in a reformed Council.
• Both sides condemned terrorism and agreed to intensify counter-terror efforts, with the MEA noting Fiji’s call for India to take a leadership role in the global fight against terror, while also expanding work on climate resilience and disaster response.