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US President Joe Biden hosted Pacific Island leaders at the White House Thursday, offering $810 million of assistance to a region where China is aggressively expanding its influence. The leaders signed the Declaration on US-Pacific Partnership — which covers climate change, security and trade — despite initial...
The United States says it has reached a "shared vision" of partnership with Pacific Island nations, including new pledges of U.S. assistance, as concern grows about China's expanding influence in the region. On Wednesday, the U.S. began its first-ever in-person summit with leaders from about a dozen island nations spanning...
The United States and Pacific leaders have reached an 11-point Declaration on U.S.-Pacific Partnership as Washington hosts its first summit with leaders from Pacific Island nations. On Thursday, on the second day of the historic summit, U.S. President Joe Biden announced more than $810 million in...
This week, the White House is hosting a first-of-its-kind summit for Pacific island nations — the Biden administration’s latest bid to boost ties with a region that is getting a rare burst of American attention. In recent months, a series of senior U.S. diplomats have visited the region: Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited...
Leaders of Pacific island nations have agreed to the text of a joint declaration of partnership with the United States, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said at the opening of a two-day summit in Washington on Wednesday. The announcement came after reports that the Solomon Islands planned not to sign an 11-point...
A Biden administration diplomatic push in the South Pacific is poised to mark a win in efforts to counter growing Chinese influence in the region. The State Department is close to renewing strategic partnership agreements with...
Despite China’s accelerated move to set foot in the Pacific islands region, the United States has an upper hand in the tilt at dominance by virtue of its “unique relationship” with Micronesian states...
The United States has been increasing its military activities in Palau in recent months amid rising tensions with China, according to Palau's top diplomat who is visiting the United States ahead of the first...
China sees the Pacific islands as an area of significant strategic interest and the United States should strengthen its commitment to north Pacific island states, now in talks to renew a defence compact, to maintain...