U.S. President Joe Biden will visit Papua New Guinea (PNG) later this month to discuss cooperation in advancing “inclusive economic growth” with the Pacific nation, the White House has confirmed.
Biden will stop in PNG while traveling from Japan—where he will attend the G7 Leaders’ summit—to Australia for a Quad Leaders’ meeting on May 24, the White House said in a statement on Tuesday.
The visit was first announced by PNG Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko, who stated that Biden would visit the Pacific nation’s capital Port Moresby for three hours on his way to Australia on May 22.
Biden is expected to meet with PNG Prime Minister James Marape and other Pacific Island Forum leaders during his visit, making him the first-ever sitting U.S. president to visit Papua New Guinea….