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“Let’s face it, it is strategic competition between China and us,“ Yun said.īiden's trip may also put the finishing touches on a US-Papua New Guinea Defence Cooperation Agreement that would allow more joint training and the development of security infrastructure. “Any high level engagement is welcome,“ he said, speaking before Biden’s Pacific meeting was confirmed. “We need to accelerate our catch-up,“ Yun told the Hudson Institute.

The region could prove vital in any possible military conflagration over Taiwan. In March, a state-backed Chinese company won a contract to develop the international port in the capital Honiara, a major victory in Beijing's quest to gain a strategic toe-hold in the South Pacific. US special envoy Joseph Yun this week said that the United States was playing “catch-up” after years of relative neglect that saw China’s influence soar across the South Pacific.Ĭhina recently signed a secretive security pact with Solomon Islands that could allow Chinese troops to be deployed or based there. He is also scheduled to attend a G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan and a summit of the Quad - Australia, India, Japan and the United States - in Sydney. The prime ministers of Australia and New Zealand will be among those attending.īiden is set to become the first sitting US president in at least a century to visit Papua New Guinea when he touches down on May 22.

Papua New Guinea Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko said Biden would attend bilateral talks with his hosts and is “also having a meeting with the 18 Pacific Island leaders” from the Pacific Island Forum - a regional bloc of mostly small states that are scattered across the vast swathe of ocean. All rights reserved.PORT MORESBY: US President Joe Biden will meet 18 leaders from the South Pacific when he visits Papua New Guinea in May, a top regional diplomat said Saturday, as the US and China vie for influence in the region.Īfter the end of World War II, the South Pacific was seen as a relative diplomatic backwater, but it is increasingly the arena for powers to compete for commercial, political and military influence. Any unauthorized dissemination of this information is in violation of copyright laws and is strictly prohibited.Ĭopyright 2023 Bright MLS. The data contained herein is copyrighted by Bright MLS and is protected by all applicable copyright laws.

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