Blinken: US delivering for Pacific islands despite China's reach
Voice of America
FILE - This police patrol car was provided with aid from the Chinese government in Honiara, Solomon Islands, April 18, 2024.
The United States, boosted by allies and the private sector, is delivering for Pacific islands even if Washington alone cannot match China's growing footprint, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said late Friday.
The image provided by US Central Command, shows US Army soldiers, US Navy sailors and Israel Defense Forces placing the Trident Pier on the coast of the Gaza Strip on May 16, 2024. Tents are set up by displaced Palestinians amid the devastation in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on May 16, 2024.
FILE - The U.S. Department of Justice seal in Washington, Nov. 28, 2018. The Justice Department said on Sept. 21, 2023, that a contractor for the U.S. government who is originally from Ethiopia was arrested on espionage charges. FILE - A person types on a laptop keyboard in North Andover, Mass., June 19, 2017.
In this picture released by the Israeli army on May 16, 2024, Israeli troops work to connect a U.S.-built floating pier to the shore. The new entry point will allow more humanitarian aid to enter the Gaza Strip. FILE - In this photo provided by the U.S. Central Command and taken on April 26, 2024, construction work continues on the floating pier in the Mediterranean Sea.
Burnt-out cars are seen in the parking lot of the old hospital on the outskirts of Noumea, French territory of New Caledonia, May 16, 2024. French gendarmes patrol the streets in Noumea, New Caledonia, May, 16, 2024. FILE - French President Emmanuel Macron shakes hands with a traditional dancer during a customary ceremony in his honour in Touho, north of New Caledonia, July 25, 2023. France's President Emmanuel Macron (C) chairs a security and defence council at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris, May 16, 2024, after three nights of clashes in France's riot-struck Pacific territory of New Caledonia protest.