Senior U.S. officials said on Friday that a White House summit with a dozen Pacific Islands leaders this week was successful, and that Washington was listening to the region, not asking countries to choose between the U.S. and China. U.S. President Joe Biden met the Pacific Island leaders for a second summit in just over a year on Monday, pledging new infrastructure investment including subsea cables, officials said, as part of a charm offensive aimed at curbing inroads by China into a region Washington considers strategically crucial. Biden also pledged to work with Congress to provide $200 million more in funding for projects aimed at mitigating the effects of climate change, spurring economic growth, countering illegal fishing and improving public health.
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President Joe Biden on Monday told Pacific island leaders that he is committed to fighting climate change that poses an existential threat to the tiny atolls that could be swamped by rising sea levels. Meeting with members of the 18-member Pacific Islands Forum, Biden vowed to help the region meet the challenges of climate change which threatens to wipe some of the nations off the face of the .
Last September, the United States made some big promises to Pacific Island Countries (PICs) at its first ever Pacific Leaders’ Summit. The brief follow-up summit scheduled to take place in Washington later this month will be a chance not only to make up for the last minute cancellation of US Pres.
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