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Natural disasters pose significant risk to Pacific economies: Fiji's Minister

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Fiji's Labor Minister Jone Usamate said the cost of natural disasters to Pacific economies is huge, Solomon Star reported.

At the Second Pacific Regional Meeting of Ministers of Energy and Maritime Transport, Mr. Usamate said "unexpected events and natural disasters bring destruction to our communities and negatively impact our economic growth."

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