Speaking at the Micronesian Leaders Meeting in Koror this week, Lionel Aingimea noted it being the first face-to-face leaders meeting in the Pacific since the start of the pandemic.
The meeting hosted by Palau coincides with their 26th independence anniversary celebrations today.
Leaders from the Marshall Islands and Nauru and over 70 government officials and dignitaries travelled to Koror for the occasion.
The presidents of Kiribati and the Federated States of Micronesia joined the meeting virtually.
