By David Brunnstrom, Trevor Hunnicutt and Kirsty Needham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will host a second summit with Pacific island ...
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Biden held an inaugural summit with the islanders at the White House a year ago and was due to meet them again in Papua New Guinea in May. That plan was scrapped when a U.S. debt- ceiling crisis forced Biden to cut short an Asia trip. The United States will also officially recognize the Cook Islands and another small nation, Niue, for the first time during the summit.
Washington appears to have made no progress on offers of substantial infrastructure funding and expanded aid to the Solomons. Sogavare visited China in July, announcing a policing agreement with Beijing that builds on a security pact signed last year. She added that Pacific island countries"welcome the U.S. re-engagement with the region, but don't want geopolitical tussles to result in an escalation of militarization." Vanuatu Prime Minister Sato Kilman will also not attend the summit, his office told Reuters.
A senior Biden administration official said the U.S. was on track to open the Vanuatu embassy by early next year and that other Vanuatu officials would attend the summit.
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