U.S. President Joe Biden will arrange another summit of Pacific island leaders this year after the disappointment caused by his cancellation of a visit to Papua New Guinea due to the domestic debt ceiling crisis, his national security adviser said on Wednesday.
Political analysts said Biden's cancellation of the short visit to Port Moresby planned for next Monday after a G7 summit in Japan had dealt a blow to U.S. credibility in the Pacific island region, where Washington is competing with China for influence.
Sullivan said the summit had yet to scheduled, "but we will get it on the books, so that we continue the progress with the Pacific Islands."His three-hour stop in Port Moresby next Monday would have been a first there by a sitting U.S. president, and the island nation had declared a public holiday in his honor. Biden had been scheduled to meet 18 Pacific island leaders there.
He had been due to meet in Sydney with leaders of the other countries of the Quad grouping - Australia, Japan and India - but they will now talk in Japan. "Up until now Pacific islands leaders have been giving the U.S. the benefit of the doubt over its ability to re-engage." with the United States and a security agreement allowing U.S. Coast Guard vessels to patrol its waters. He made no public comment about Biden's cancellation.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has visited the region three times, including a 2018 visit to Papua New Guinea.
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