--- title: "FIPIC: India-Pacific Islands Forum Explained" description: "FIPIC is India's 2014 forum with 14 Pacific Island states for aid and diplomacy. See its summits, members, and how it differs from the PIF — key for UPSC GS2." url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/learn/glossary/forum-for-india-pacific-islands-cooperation" --- [New](https://modeldiplomat.com/) # Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026 TL;DR - FIPIC is an Indian diplomatic initiative launched in 2014 to deepen cooperation with fourteen Pacific Island countries through development aid, capacity-building, and summit-level engagement. - How does FIPIC differ from the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF)? - Which countries are members of FIPIC? - Why is FIPIC strategically important to India? - When have FIPIC summits been held? [Civil Service & Diplomatic Exams](https://modeldiplomat.com/learn/civil-services/glossary)Updated June 22, 2026 Go beyond the definition ## Research Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC) like a delegate Model Diplomat's AI drafts position papers, speeches, and country research with real sources — built for MUN and politics students. ## Timeline 1. 19 November 2014 It was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Fiji on , the first by an Indian premier to the country in thirty-three years. 2. 21 August 2015 The second summit, FIPIC-II, convened in Jaipur, Rajasthan, on , expanded the agenda to space cooperation, with India offering to establish a space-tracking… 3. 22 May 2023 In contemporary practice, India revived high-level momentum when Prime Minister Modi co-hosted the third FIPIC Summit with Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister… ## Positions at a glance ### Supporters The Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC) is a multilateral grouping established by India in November 2014 to institutionalize engagement with the fourteen island states of the Pacific Ocean. It was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Fiji on 19 November 2014, the first by an Indian premier to the country in thirty-three years. FIPIC is not founded on a treaty or charter; it is a leader-driven, summit-based platform that operates as an instrument of India's broader Act East Policy, the recalibrated successor to the Look East Policy announced at the East Asia Summit in Naypyidaw in November 2014. The forum's fourteen members are Fiji, Papua New Guinea, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, the Cook Islands, Tonga, Kiribati, Niue, Palau, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. India's diplomatic rationale rests on three pillars: securing support within the United Nations General Assembly and other multilateral fora, advancing its candidature for a permanent seat on a reformed UN Security Council, and contesting Chinese strategic penetration of the South Pacific. ### Opponents The forum operates within a contested strategic environment. China's signing of a security agreement with the Solomon Islands in April 2022, its courtship of Kiribati and Nauru—the latter switching recognition from Taiwan to Beijing in January 2024—and its proposed region-wide security pact rejected by Pacific leaders in May 2022 have heightened the salience of competing development offers. Critics note that India's financial commitments under FIPIC remain modest relative to Chinese, Australian, and US disbursements, and that the long gap between the 2015 and 2023 summits exposed a continuity deficit. Climate finance is a recurring point of friction, since Pacific states prioritize emissions reduction and adaptation funding above the infrastructure projects that larger powers prefer to showcase. ## Research it like a delegate Research on modeldiplomat.com ## Ask a follow-up about Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC) Open a cited briefing in Model Diplomat search — timelines, positions, and sources you can use in committee or exam answers. [Start research on Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC)](https://modeldiplomat.com/search?q=Explain%20Forum%20for%20India-Pacific%20Islands%20Cooperation%20\(FIPIC\)%20%E2%80%94%20key%20dates%2C%20actors%2C%20positions%2C%20and%20sources) Example In Port Moresby on 22 May 2023, Prime Minister Narendra Modi co-chaired the third FIPIC Summit with Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape, announcing a twelve-step plan including a cardiology hospital in Fiji. Keep learning ## Go deeper than the definition [Explore all Civil Service & Diplomatic Exams lessons](https://modeldiplomat.com/learn/civil-services)[Test yourself with a quiz](https://modeldiplomat.com/learn/glossary/quiz/civil-services) ## Take Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC) beyond the glossary Ask the AI research engine built for diplomacy — get briefings, position papers, and speeches with sources you can cite in committee.