STATE DEPARTMENT NO. 2 CAMPBELL WILL REPRESENT US AT PACIFIC ISLANDS SUMMIT IN TONGA

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell will represent the United States at a summit of the 18-nation Pacific Islands Forum in Tonga next week and will also visit Vanuatu and New Zealand, the State Department said, as Washington seeks to boost ties with a region where it is in increasing competition with China.

Campbell, a key architect of U.S. Indo-Pacific policy, will be in the Tongan capital Nuku'alofa on Aug. 28 for the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting, and engage Pacific Island leaders on the margins to discuss the U.S. Pacific Partnership Strategy launched in 2022.

Learn More