French aid enabled the opening on nine school classes on Maiana in the early 2000s, and France also recently assisted Kiribati in evaluating its remaining phosphate resources on Banaba.

[1] French exports to Kiribati were worth 24 million Euro in 2002.

[3] I-Kiribati President Anote Tong paid a State visit to Paris in June 2006 to attend a France-Oceania multilateral summit.

[4] The summit aimed at "strengthening French-Pacific relations and regional cooperation" in economic, political, environmental and security fields.

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