# Mixed start for pre-Cop as just two non-Pacific leaders accept Australian invitation

https://mins.news/en/item/86197

- The Guardian, 2026-10-05 09:52 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/05/mixed-start-for-pre-cop-as-just-two-non-pacific-leaders-accept-australian-invitation-to-climate-summit

> Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese joined about 4,000 people in Fiji for a preparatory meeting ahead of the Cop31 climate summit. He said Pacific voices must be heard, but an Australian invitation for national leaders to visit Tuvalu drew limited interest: 14 leaders will attend, only two from outside the Pacific.

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