MOSCOW -- The south Pacific nation of Vanuatu, which has engaged in an on-again-off-again relationship with the separatist government in Abkhazia, released a video early Friday seeking to clear up the confusion. In a brief statement, Foreign Minister Alfred Carlot said that Vanuatu has, in fact, recognized Abkhazia as a sovereign nation. Abkhazia...
MOSCOW -- Three days after Abkhazia announced that a fifth government -- the tiny, impoverished Pacific island nation of Vanuatu -- had agreed to formally recognize its sovereignty, an official from Vanuatu said the report was false, as a behind-the-scenes diplomatic competition went into overdrive. Ambassador Donald Kalpokas, Vanuatu's permanent...
The Black Sea region of Abkhazia, which considers itself independent but is claimed by Georgia and viewed as Georgian territory by most of the international community, won recognition Tuesday from a second South Pacific island, the Republic of Vanuatu. Earlier, Abkhazia was recognized by Nauru, which is the world's smallest country and like Vanuatu...
Vanuatu er en stat i Stillehavet i Oceanien, beliggende ca. 1.750 km øst for Australien, 500 km nordøst for Ny Caledonien, vest for Fiji og syd for Salomonøerne. Vanuatu er en tidligere engelsk og fransk koloni, og kaldtes i kolonitiden for Ny Hebriderne.
Vanuatu er bl.a. medlem af FN og Commonwealth.
Vanuatu er opdelt i seks provinser:
Vanuatu har et indbyggertal på 221.506, hvoraf størsteparten lever i ikke-urbaniserede landdistrikter; kun byerne Port Vila og Luganville har mere end 10.000 indbyggere. Landets indbyggere kaldes lokalt Ni-Vanuatu, og er for 98,5% vedkommende af melanesisk afstamning. Den resterende del er af europæisk, asiatisk eller oceanisk afstamning. Tre af øerne blev oprindeligt koloniseret af polynesiere. Omkring 2.000 Ni-Vanuatu bor og arbejder i Ny Kaledonien. Fold ud