Mr Biden cancelled the Papua New Guinea visit due to the US debt ceiling crisis. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SYDNEY - US 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 GuineaPolitical analysts said Mr Biden’s cancellation of the short visit to Port Moresby planned for next Monday after a G-7 summit in Japan had dealt a blow to US credibility in the Pacific island region, where Washington is competing with China for influence.
Mr 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 US president, and the island nation had declared a public holiday in his honour.“They’re obviously disappointed that the President will not be the first ever President of the United States to go to Papua New Guinea,” Mr Sullivan said.
“For Papua New Guinea this was a very big deal and they will be disappointed,” said Mr Mihai Sora, a Pacific islands analyst with Sydney’s Lowy Institute think tank, calling it a “blow to US credibility in the region as a consistent partner”. Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape said this week his government was preparing to sign a major defence pact with the US and a security agreement allowing US Coast Guard vessels to patrol its waters.Some opposition party politicians have criticised the pact as potentially upsetting China, a major infrastructure donor.Mr Richard Maude, a former Australian intelligence chief now with the Asia Society Policy Institute said the cancellation could be a setback for relations.
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