UnitedStates ‘playing catch-up’ in area where China is getting impact, states diplomat released : 29 Apr 2023 at 17: 33 China Police Liaison Team officers train Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) officers in 2022 under a cooperation contract that hasactually raised issues in Washington that the Pacific island state may be turning more towards China. (Photo: RSIPF through AFP) WASHINGTON: US Pcitizen Joe Biden will fulfill 18 leaders from the South Pacific when he sees Papua New Guinea in May, a leading local diplomat stated onnSaturday, as the United States and China vie for impact. The South Pacific was seen as a relative diplomatic backwater after World War II however it is significantly the arena for powers to contend for industrial, political and military impact. Papua New Guinea Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko informed a news conference Biden would participatein bilateral talks with his hosts and is “also having a conference with the 18 Pacific Island leaders”. The 18-member Pacific Island Forum is a local bloc of mainly little states spread throughout the large swath of ocean. The prime ministers of Australia and New Zealand will likewise goto. Biden is set to endedupbeing the fir
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