The Honourable Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Resources Ribanataake Tiwau led the Kiribati delegation (which comprised of MFOR and MFAI) convened from the 26 to 27 February in Honiara, Solomon Islands. The Honiara Summit, the high-level event on sustainable fisheries hosted by the Government of Solomon Islands, brought together Leaders and Ministers of Fisheries from the Pacific Islands. This high-level event was a platform to discuss matters of great importance on fisheries science, management, development in terms of their challenges and opportunities. Hon Minister Ribanataake delivered national remarks, engaged in several bilateral meetings with development partners, governments of Pacific Island Countries such as New Zealand, PNG, Solomon Is, Cook Is, the EU, World Bank; and gave a keynote opening remarks in one of the side events on monitoring, control and surveillance. Several new deals and arrangements were discussed including opportunities for greater cooperation that are targeted to further the development of the fisheries sector in Kiribati. The Leaders outcome of this Honiara summit will be advocated to the third session of the UN Ocean Conference to be convened by France in June 2025. The government acknowledged the Government of the Solomon Islands, the Forum Fisheries Agency, regional organizations and the various partners for their support to Kiribati’s engagements in this Summit.