After a gap of 29 years, the United States wants to reopen its embassy in the Solomon Islands to enhance its influence in the South Pacific

Source: Overseas Network

Source: Overseas Network

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According to the Associated Press and the Washington Post on the 11th, the United States said that it would reopen the U.S. Embassy in the Solomon Islands, which was 29 years since the United States closed the embassy in 1993.

According to the report, the US State Department said in a document to Congress that the Solomon Islands is the largest Pacific island country without a US embassy, and the United States hopes to strengthen political, economic and commercial relations with the United States for strategic benefits. The U.S. State Department said it would not immediately build the new embassy, but instead invested $12.4 million in initial funding to lease the site in the capital, Honiara, and arrange for 2 U.S. ambassadors and 5 local employees.

Recently, US Secretary of State Blinken is visiting the Pacific region to meet diplomats from Japan, South Korea, Australia, Fiji and other countries. US media analysis said that the statement of reopening the embassy is in line with the new "Indo-Pacific Strategy" announced by the US White House on the 11th, and the United States expects to establish partnerships with countries in the Indo-Pacific region. The US media also pointed out that the embassy statement was unusually blunt in showing that the United States wanted to increase its influence in this South Pacific country (Solomon Islands). (Overseas Network Wang Xiaoyu)

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