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and

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maintain official

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, but no diplomatic presence on each other's territory; the French embassy in Suva is accredited to Kiribati.

History

In 1995, Kiribati briefly suspended its diplomatic relations with France in protest against French nuclear tests at

Mururoa Moruroa (Mururoa, Mururura), also historically known as Aopuni, is an atoll which forms part of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is located about southeast of Tahiti. Administratively Moruroa Atoll i ...

in French Polynesia. France provides aid to Kiribati in various forms. French aid enabled the opening on nine school classes on

Maiana Maiana is an atoll in Kiribati and is one of the Central Gilbert Islands. Maiana is south of the capital island of South Tarawa and has a population of 1,982 . The northern and eastern sides of the atoll are a single island, whilst the western ...

in the early 2000s, and France also recently assisted Kiribati in evaluating its remaining

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resources on

Banaba BanabaThe correct spelling and etymology in Gilbertese should be ''Bwanaba'' but the Constitution of Kiribati writes Banaba. Because of the spelling in English or French, the name was very often written Paanapa or Paanopa, as it was in 1901 Ac ...

. French exports to Kiribati were worth 24 million

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in 2002. Kiribati also allows French vessels to fish in its waters. I-Kiribati President

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paid a State visit to

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in June 2006 to attend a France-

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multilateral summit. The summit aimed at "strengthening French-Pacific relations and regional cooperation" in economic, political, environmental and security fields."Second France-Oceania Summit Declaration adopted on 26 June 2006 in Paris"
Yokwe, June 26, 2006

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Bilateral relations of Kiribati

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History

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