Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka said on Tuesday he was forced to cancel an official visit to China after enduring a minor head injury that required him to stay at home.
The visit was announced earlier on Tuesday by the Chinese embassy in Fiji, which said Rabuka would attend the opening of the World University Games in Chengdu, alongside Chinese President Xi Jinping.
"I've just come back from the hospital where I had a dressing put on my head for a small accident I had this morning," Rabuka said in a video message uploaded to Facebook, pointing to small blood splatters on his business shirt. Rabuka's visit was planned as China ramps up its push for security and trade ties with the Pacific Islands to compete with the United States and its allies.
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare signed a policing deal with China during a visit to the nation earlier this month, building on a security pact struck last year.
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