Prime Minister Hon James Marape is in Honiara, Solomon Islands, to attend the Honiara Summit 2025, which is being hosted from the 24 to 27 February 2024 at the Honiara National Sports Stadium. PM Marape was met on arrival by Solomon Islands Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Channel and senior Solomon Islands Government officials. PNG Minister for Fisheries and Marine Resources Jelta Wong who has been on the ground as the Honiara Summit talks on making wise use of marine resources including tuna fish from the region was on hand to receive Prime Minister Marape with Deputy Secretary Policy of the Department of Prime Minister & National Executive Council (NEC) Mr Frank Aisi. The theme of the Honiara Summit is Iumi Tugeda Delivering on SDG14.4: Achieving Sustainable Fisheries. The Summit is being hosted by The Solomon Islands Government with support from the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) made up of member countries of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF). Prime Minister Marape during the opening of the Honiara Summit delivered his keynote address to the Summit on the Theme with an emphasise on the East New Britain Initiative, which calls for the processing of the marine resources like tuna fish caught in the PIF and FFA member countries to gather maximum benefit and create employment and revenue for the region from their marine resources. The ENB initiative promotes that concept. On his arrival Prime Minister James Marape was given a rare traditional Honor by Hon Willie Atu the Premier of Guadacanal Province of Solomon Islands who welcomed the leaders to the Honiara Summit and especially PNG Prime Minister James Marape as the bigger brother to receive gifts of food as a sign of respect to leaders before the Honiara Summit 2025 at the Friendship Hall at the Honiara National Stadium.