Deputy Secretary Landau’s Engagements with Pacific Island Leaders in Port Moresby

The beneath is attributable to Principal Deputy Spokesperson Tommy Pigott:

Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau traveled to Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea on Monday and Tuesday to have fun Papua New Guinea’s fiftieth Anniversary of Independence and fiftieth Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations with the United States, and to fulfill with Pacific Islands leaders. The Deputy Secretary underscored the deep ties between the United States and the Pacific Islands area, in addition to our shared financial and safety priorities. During a sequence of conferences with Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape, Federated States of Micronesia President Wesley Simina, Fiji Deputy Prime Minister Manoa Kamikamica, Crown Prince of Tonga Tupouto’a ‘Ulukalala, and different Pacific Islands Forum leaders, the Deputy Secretary mentioned concepts to develop cooperation with the United States on financial and safety issues together with attracting U.S. non-public sector funding and countering unlawful, unreported, and unregulated fishing, constructing on the longstanding partnership underneath the South Pacific Tuna Treaty.

Deputy Secretary Landau highlighted new initiatives with companions within the area, together with the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s choices of Fiji as eligible for a compact program and Tonga as eligible for a threshold program. Additionally, the Deputy Secretary introduced expanded cooperation for digital connectivity, together with undersea cables and terrestrial infrastructure, in addition to infrastructure growth via $5 million in new funding for the U.S. Trade and Development Agency to speed up initiatives in key sectors within the Pacific. He additionally introduced new applications and analysis to assist accountable crucial mineral growth and deep seabed exploration.