US says it will open an embassy in South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu in bid to blunt China's increasing influence in the Asia-Pacific
Embassy in capital Port Vila"would allow the US government to deepen relationships" in the archipelago and to step up development assistance including on climate, State Department says.
"Consistent with the US Indo-Pacific [Asia-Pacific] strategy, a permanent diplomatic presence in Vanuatu would allow the US Government to deepen relationships with Ni-Vanuatu officials and society," the department said in a statement on Friday. The United States States reopened its embassy in the Solomon Islands this year after a 30-year absence and the latest State Department announcement follows a visit this month to the region, including Vanuatu, by US regional coordinator Kurt Campbell.China-Solomon ties
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