The United States launched a major push into the Pacific Wednesday as it seeks to hold off China’s advances in the region, with Vice President Kamala Harris announcing the opening of new embassies in Tonga and Kiribati at a key regional summit.
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The video-link appearance at the summit was a diplomatic coup for the United States, with China’s attempts to secure a meeting on the sidelines of the summit rebuffed. Tongan Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni told AFP his country was ”really happy that the US will be opening an embassy in Tonga, it will be the first time”.US v China
”We are going to change that,” she promised, adding the US wanted to ”significantly deepen our presence in the Pacific region”. Harris said the US wanted to collaborate on maritime security, disaster relief and infrastructure projects that ”do not result in insurmountable debt”. Albanese will try to mend his nation’s fractured relationship with the Pacific after Australia’s attempts to muzzle climate change announcements saw the last forum meeting descend into shouting and tears.
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