WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to the South Pacific next week as Washington seeks to fortify its position in the region amid rising Chinese influence, the State Department announced Thursday (Friday in Manila).
Blinken will travel to the Polynesian island kingdom of Tonga on July 26 for the inauguration of a new US embassy, before heading to Australia and New Zealand, the State Department said.
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