NADI, Fiji—The United States will open an embassy in the Solomon Islands, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Saturday as he committed more diplomatic and security resources into the Pacific as a counter to the Chinese regime’s drive for greater influence. Blinken, in Fiji for virtual summit of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) of regional leaders, heard their complaints that they had long been overlooked by bigger nations. “Fiji and all the Pacific Island nations are a vital part of the Indo-Pacific region,” Blinken told a news conference with Fiji’s Acting Prime Minister Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyu. Sayed-Khaiyu noted that Fiji and the other Pacific nations were the guardians of the largest ocean continent in the world, which was crucial to the wellbeing of everyone in the world. “Despite that, Fiji and our small-state neighbors have felt at times, to borrow an American term, like a flyover country, ” he said. …