Us, allies announce new initiative to boost Pacific cooperation

Three months after China struck a controversial security deal with the Solomon Islands, Washington and four of its allies announced the establishment of a new mechanism to ramp up engagement with Pacific island nations.

The Partners in the Blue Pacific PBP initiative is intended to support Pacific priorities more effectively and efficiently, amid growing pressures on the rules-based free and open international order, according to a joint statement issued on June 24 by the United States, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.

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