Mori was accompanied by first lady Emma S. Nelson-Mori, Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary Lorin Robert, budget and statistics director Fabian Nimea and FSM Ambassador to Fiji Samson Pretrick.
The Forum was also attended by head of states and governments of Australia, Cook Islands, Nauru, New Zealand, Nuie, Papua New Guinea, the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu, and representatives from Kiribati and Palau.
The spouses of the heads of states and governments were also present and had their own separate programs like visiting schools and hospitals.
New Caledonia and French Polynesia attended the formal session as associated member states while Timor-Leste, Tokelau, Wallis & Futuna, the Commonwealth Secretariat, the United Nations, and the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission were present as observers.
The heads of the major organizations in the region, known as the CROPS, as well as representatives of international financial institutions such as the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and Asian Development Bank, and development partners such as the U.S., China, Japan, the United Kingdom, the European Union, Canada, South Korea, Italy, France, India, Portugal, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Malaysia were also present and participated in the Post-Forum Dialogue Partners Plenary Session.
At the margins of the Forum meetings, the FSM delegation took the opportunity and held bilateral meetings with allies and friends like the U.S., China, Japan, Canada, E.U., as well as with developing partners such as the ADB and the United Nations Development Program.
The main cross-cutting issues that were discussed include strengthening bilateral relations, climate change, vital infrastructure development, private sector development, the trust fund, renewable energy, socio-economic cooperation, development assistance coordination, and the five-year Compact review.
