Prior to the independence of Tuvalu on 1 October 1978, the High Commission in Suva was accredited to Tuvalu, with the High Commissioner (1977–2014) and Deputy High Commissioner (2014–2018) serving as the non-resident accredited High Commissioner to Tuvalu. In the 2018 Australian Federal budget, funding was allocated to establish a High Commission in Tuvalu, becoming one of only two diplomatic missions in Tuvalu (the other being the Embassy of Taiwan).[1] A resident High Commissioner to Tuvalu was appointed in 2018, and the High Commission was officially opened in 2019.[2][3][4]
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