Biden has put a premium on improving ties in the Pacific amid rising US concern about China's growing military and economic influence.
The forum includes Australia, the Cook Islands, Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.They also will meet on Monday with Biden's special envoy on climate, John Kerry, for talks focused on climate change. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and UN Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield will host the leaders at the State Department for a dinner.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will host a roundtable with the leaders and members of the business community.Pacific Islands Forum chair and Prime Minister of Cook Islands, Mark Stephen Brown, speaks during the Korea-Pacific Islands Summit at Cheong Wa Dae, or the Blue House, in Seoul, South Korea, May 29, 2023
The White House said most members of the 18-member forum were dispatching their top elected official or foreign minister to the summit.
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