Port Moresby: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden will visit Papua New Guinea in May to participate in a “historic” forward-looking meeting of Pacific leaders, the island’s Prime Minister James Marape said on Sunday (Apr 30). Marape said in a statement that his country is ready to welcome both President Biden and PM Modi for the India-Pacific Islands Cooperation meeting in May, which will be attended by the leaders of the 18 Pacific Islands.
“Papua New Guinea is ready to receive both President Biden and Prime Minister Modi. This is a historic first, as well as a futuristic meeting of global superpowers to ‘move on’ in the largest country in the Pacific region.
Biden will visit Papua New Guinea on May 22
Biden’s visit to Papua New Guinea will be his first stop as US President. PM Marape said that the White House has officially confirmed that President Biden will make a historic visit to the country on 22 May. Biden will meet the prime minister of Papua New Guinea as well as 18 leaders from the Pacific Islands, who will be in the capital Port Moresby to attend. FORUM FOR INDIA-PACIFIC ISLANDS COOPERATION “President Biden will have a bilateral meeting with PM Marape as well as a meeting with the 18 Pacific Island Leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum, which is the Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC) at the same time I will be in Port Moresby. ,” They said.
“In the Indo-Pacific dialogue, PNG and the Pacific cannot be ignored. With our combined forest and marine areas, we have the world’s largest carbon sink, and the largest sea and air space on Earth. We also face the greatest threat to our existence as climate change affects our lifestyles and our economies.
‘He kept his promise of coming to our country’
Marpe said he had invited Biden when they met in Washington last year, and was “very honored that he has kept his promise to visit our country”. “I am delighted that at our scheduled time of meeting with Indian Prime Minister Modi, we have US President Biden coming to pay respects to the Pacific leaders. I have had the privilege of meeting with President Biden face-to-face in New York and Washington, and on both occasions, I invite him to visit PNG as soon as possible. I am very honored that he has fulfilled his promise to me to visit our country.
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PM Modi and Biden will stop in Papua New Guinea on their way to Australia for the Quad summit in Sindi, Australia on May 24.
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