US to advance its diplomatic engagement with Pacific island nations as China’s military and economic influence keeps growing over the region
Campbell said the United States needed more diplomatic facilities across the region, and more contact with Pacific island countries that at times"receive lesser attention."
"You will see more cabinet level, more senior officials, going to the Pacific ... recognising that nothing replaces, really, diplomatic boots on the ground," he told Washington's Center for Strategic and International Studies.Beijing's growing influence was highlighted by its security pact with the Solomon Islands this year, a move that fanned concerns in Australia, New Zealand and the United States.
"Pacific people and their governments would welcome an enduring partnership with the US that is there for the long-term,” he said.
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