Detractors seeking to undermine U.S. influence in the region will seize on the president's decision to scrap plans to meet Pacific island leaders in Papua New Guinea.
SYDNEY — President Biden was set to make history next week: With his trip to Papua New Guinea, he would become theto visit a Pacific island nation. Even though he was scheduled to spend only three hours on the ground, he was due to attend a meeting of the 18-member Pacific Islands Forum, and sign security pacts with the host and with Micronesia.
“These visits are really important to Pacific island countries,” said Iati Iati, a Pacific expert at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. “It’s not just the government, the whole country gets up for them, and if you saw the fanfare associated with Xi Jinping’s visit, Biden was probably in for a similar reception. So this will be a big letdown for Papua New Guinea.”
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