US, Papua New Guinea sign defence agreement as Modi pledges support for Pacific Islands

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Source: Reuters

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said a defence cooperation pact signed with Papua New Guinea on Monday would expand the Pacific island nation's capabilities and make it easier for the U.S. military to train with its forces.

Blinken and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held separate summits with 14 Pacific island leaders in the PNG capital Port Moresby, pledging support for the region's priorities of health, development and climate change.

The United States and its allies are seeking to deter Pacific island nations from forming security ties with China, a rising concern amid tension over Taiwan, and after Beijing signed a security pact with Solomon Islands.

Leaders of the Pacific islands, whose territories span 40 million square km (15 million square miles) of ocean, have said rising sea levels caused by climate change are their most pressing security priority.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/modi-blinken-meet-pacific-island-leaders-papua-new-guinea-2023-05-21/

[Alexander Of Assyria]

1. The leaders of the pacific rim and islands are not concerned about China, so much as being drowned.

And China is economically assisting these tiny, poor nations, and not to get more and more military bases, as America is…or to blow up an atoll or three with nukes.

The Pacific people remember,

[PlutosHeart]

2. Another place to pollute with military exercises' bombs.

A place that is rich in natural resources and wildlife. Just look at the issues Guam is having or Hawaii or other places where such agreements have poisoned animals. water, fish, and people.