Washington, which has ties with the island nation but has been represented by diplomats based in New Guinea, also plans embassies in Kiribati and Tonga
nation with a population of 319,000 spread across 80 islands, but is currently represented by diplomats based in New Guinea.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 Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt Campbell. Other US embassies are planned in the Pacific island nations of Kiribati and Tonga.
multimillion-dollar contract to a Chinese state companyThe US and its regional allies have held concerns that China has ambitions to build a naval base in the region sinceWashington has also been working to renew agreements with the Marshall Islands, Palau and the Federated States of Micronesia under which it retains responsibility for the islands’ defence and gains exclusive access to huge swaths of the Pacific.
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