Following President Panuelo’s Call for Increased US Engagement with the Pacific, Including Tackling Climate Change, Advancing Democracy & a Free & Open-Indo-Pacific, Secretary Blinken Announces President Biden to Host Forthcoming Pacific Island Conference of Leaders in Honolulu.
On February 12th, 2022, His Excellency David W. Panuelo—President of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)—virtually met with the Honorable Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State of the United States of America, the Honorable Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, Acting Prime Minister of the Republic of Fiji, and other Pacific Island Leaders, to discuss issues of mutual interest, such as tackling the Climate Change crisis, strengthening democratic principles and norms, and otherwise advancing a Free & Open Indo-Pacific.....