The United States promised to give Pacific Island 600 million US dollars. One country said: "We have been forgotten by the United States for 20 years."

Jimu Journalist Song Qingying

Intern Yang Xingnan

In order to attract the Pacific countries, the United States stated that it will provide US $ 600 million aid to countries in the next 10 years, but it will also need to wait for Congress to approval. Some countries have said that the US economic support has stalled for almost 20 years.

Pacific (Source: Peninsula TV)

According to Reuters, on July 13, local time, US Vice President Harris said in a video speech at the Suva Pacific Islands Forum that the United States will apply for $ 600 million for the economic development and political cooperation of the Pacific Islands within 10 years.

$ 600 million will be decomposed to $ 60 million per year to help the Pacific region crack down on illegal fishing, strengthen maritime safety, and respond to climate change. According to reports, the amount of funding proposed by the United States has been three times the past.

However, Harris said that the amount of funding for the Pacific needs to be approved by Congress.

The 51st Pacific Island Forum (PIF) was held in Suwa, the capital of Fiji from July 11th to 14th. Harris attended the meeting with a video. In her speech, she called on all countries to unite. She said: "We realize that in recent years, the Pacific islands may not get due diplomatic attention and support."

US Vice President Harris Speech (Source: Guardian)

After Harris's speech, President Panpan said: "Sometimes because we are far away, we will be forgotten."

Palau Fisheries Minister Steven Victor said that the support of the United States has stalled for 20 years, and tourism and fisheries are the only source of income from the country.

Regarding the US behavior, the Guardian said that this was the influence of the United States in order to compete with China in the region.

"The United States strives to adjust the relationship with the Pacific because it is recognized that it is absent in the area. This area has deep links such as close connections with various free areas and fishery. Strategic concerns of the role and influence in the Pacific. "Said Anna Bowers, a senior lecturer of geopolitical and security research at Messi University in New Zealand.

Powers said that these measures show that the United States has admitted that its participation in the Pacific has been temporary, inconsistent before and after in the past few decades, and has little impact.

According to the Guardian, the United States has also announced that it will set up a new embassy in the Pacific Island State Kerbas and Tonga, appoint the Pacific Island Forum's first US special envoy, and formulate and release the Pacific countries' priority foreign strategy.

Ballos analyzes that the United States plans to include multiple "firsts". For example, the first envoy of the first Pacific Island Forum in the United States, the United States tries to position itself as the preferred partner in the Pacific region.

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