Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to Papua New Guinea on May 22 to meet with Pacific Islands Forum leaders on behalf of President Joe Biden.
The US Embassy has released a statement.
It says the Secretary will also meet with PNG Prime Minister James Marape and sign a bilateral defense cooperation agreement and a bilateral maritime security agreement.
 |
| PNGDF personnel parade to farewell Minister for Defence Filepic |
The meetings will be followed by a joint press availability with Secretary Blinken, Prime Minister Marape, and Pacific Islands Forum Chair Hon. Mark Brown.
President Joe Biden was supposed to make a historical visit to PNG enroute to Australia but had to defer it due to budget issues in the United States.
The PNG Governor General Sir Bob Dadae has gazetted a public holiday and security preparations were well under control with limited air space movements expected during the visit.
No comments:
Post a Comment