With a climate resilience fund and a high-level agreement on regional peace in the bag, Pacific leaders will finish up multi-day talks at a private retreat.

The typical bookend to the Pacific Island Forum in Solomon Islands will be held in Munda, an idyllic tropical location more than an hours-long flight from Honiara.

Leaders were locked in talks for all of Wednesday, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese a late arrival to the summit after a stop in Vanuatu.

The side trip proved a fizzer for the Nakamal agreement security deal, which is yet to be finalised, though Australia did progress talks with Fiji to "upgrade" the relationship and begin negotiations on a new bilateral security treaty.

The official ratification of the Pacific Resilience Facility treaty was a hard-fought win for adv

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