Biden to make historic visit to Papua New Guinea next month

Biden to meet 18 Pacific leaders in Papua New Guinea

Mr. Biden is set to become the first sitting U.S. president in at least a century to visit Papua New Guinea.

US President Joe Biden to meet 18 South Pacific leaders in Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea foreign minister Justin Tkatchenko told a news conference Biden would attend bilateral talks with his hosts and is "also having a meeting with the 18 Pacific Island leaders". The 18-member Pacific Island Forum is a regional bloc of mostly small states scattered across the vast swath of ocean.

Biden to meet 18 Pacific leaders in Papua New Guinea

PORT MORESBY: United States President Joe Biden will meet 18 leaders from the South Pacific when he visits Papua New Guinea in May, a top regional diplomat said on Saturday, as the US and China vie for influence in the region.After the end of World War 2, the South Pacific was seen as a relative diplomatic backwater, but it is increasingly the arena for powers to compete for commercial, political and military influence.Papua New Guinea Foreign M…

Historic visit to the Pacific Rim is meant to signal a renewed effort to cultivate regional allies.

Biden to meet 18 Pacific leaders in Papua New Guinea as U.S. and China vie for influence

The South Pacific was seen as a relative diplomatic backwater after World War II but it is increasingly the arena for powers to compete for commercial, political and military influence.

US President Joe Biden will meet leaders of 18 countries in the Southern Pacific while visiting Papua New Guinea in May, Papua New Guinea's foreign minister said Saturday.