US to open Vanuatu embassy in new Pacific boost

WASHINGTON, April 1 — The United States said yesterday it planned to open an embassy in Vanuatu, its latest effort to beef up its presence in the South Pacific where China has been seeking to expand its clout.

President Joe Biden’s administration, with bipartisan support from Congress, has been expanding the US role in an area that once received limited attention after a shock last year when China reached a security pact with the Solomon Islands. The United States in February opened an embassy in the Solomon Islands and Vice President Kamala Harris announced at a summit last year that the United States would also open new embassies in Kiribati and Tonga.The United States established relations with Vanuatu in 1986 — six years after it became independent following unusual shared rule of Britain and France — but has maintained relations through the US embassy in Papua New Guinea.

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