(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
On Thursday, President Joe Biden welcomed delegates from more
than a dozen nations to the White House for the first time,
reports
citing .
He also released his Pacific Partnership Strategy, which
promises to help them fight climate change, support their security,
and rebuff China's 'economic coercion.' He said security in the
Pacific is 'critical as ever' -- for the islanders themselves, for
the US, and for the rest of the world.
The US plans to open embassies in the Solomon Islands, Tonga,
and Kiribati. Officials announced additional aid of more than 800
million dollars.
Some leaders in the region, however, have been resistant.
Earlier this year, the Solomon Islands signed a security pact
with China, strengthening cooperation in trade and education.
Last week, the Marshall Islands pulled out of talks with US
negotiators over a strategic partnership. It raised US testing of
nuclear weapons in the territory during the 1940s and 50s. It said
the Americans failed to address the damages to their health,
environment, and economy.
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