Campbell’s Pacific Islands Trip ‘Critical’ as Beijing Exerts Influence: Experts

Published on August 30, 2024

Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell’s trip to the Pacific Islands is “critical,” a maritime strategy specialist said as experts underlined the strategic importance of the region. Campbell led a U.S. delegate that visited Vanuatu on Thursday to officially launch a new U.S. embassy after attending the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) leaders meeting in Tonga, while the forum also hosted its largest-ever delegation from China. The trip is part of the White House’s Pacific Partnership Strategy, which the Biden administration unveiled in September 2022 amid Beijing’s increased influence campaigns in the region and aggressive behavior in the South China Sea....

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