{"id":1920826,"date":"2023-04-28T11:25:30","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T15:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-planning-papua-new-guinea-stopover-ahead-of-quad-summit-official-says\/"},"modified":"2023-04-28T11:27:54","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T15:27:54","slug":"biden-planning-papua-new-guinea-stopover-ahead-of-quad-summit-official-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-planning-papua-new-guinea-stopover-ahead-of-quad-summit-official-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Planning Papua New Guinea Stopover Ahead of Quad Summit, Official Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-planning-papua-new-guinea-stopover-ahead-of-quad-summit-official-says%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1920826&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<h2>Exciting News: President Biden to Visit Papua New Guinea<\/h2>\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0428\/13b47ad4-5950-4640-bc7b-0b14375627cd\/audio.mp3?length=3148749&#038;duration=262\"><\/div>\n<p>The southwestern Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea (PNG) is about to receive a historic visit from U.S. President Joe Biden. Biden will make a brief stopover in the nation&#8217;s capital, Port Moresby, during his trip to Australia next month. This move is set to boost U.S. engagement in the region and strengthen ties between the two nations.<\/p>\n<h3>What to Expect from Biden&#8217;s Visit<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Biden will visit PNG on May 22 for a three-hour stopover on his way to Australia.<\/li>\n<li>He is expected to meet with PNG leaders to discuss the economy, security, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-i-got-a-covid-test-four-times-in-one-day-two-came-back-negative-two-came-back-positive-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Elon Musk: I Got A COVID Test Four Times In One Day. \u2018Two Came Back Negative, Two Came Back Positive.\u2019 | The Daily Wire\">climate change<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>If the visit goes ahead, Biden will become the first-ever sitting U.S. president to visit the nation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The White House has not yet officially announced Biden&#8217;s stopover in PNG. However, this visit is part of Biden&#8217;s trip to attend the Quad Leaders&#8217; Summit in Sydney, Australia, on May 24. The summit will focus on issues that matter to the people of the Indo-Pacific, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-biden-to-announce-multi-trillion-american-jobs-plan-in-first-address-to-congress\/\" title=\"President Biden To Announce Multi-Trillion \u2018American Jobs Plan\u2019 In First Address To Congress\">critical technologies<\/a> and climate change.<\/p>\n<h3>Negotiating Defense Cooperation<\/h3>\n<p>The United States has been seeking to enhance its engagement in the Indo-Pacific region to counter Beijing&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rubio-wilson-introduce-bill-targeting-china-creep-on-campus\/\" title=\"Rubio, Wilson Introduce Bill Targeting China Creep on Campus\">growing influence<\/a>. In February, PNG sent a delegation to Honolulu for security talks with U.S. officials. The U.S. State Department has been negotiating a Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) with PNG to establish a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fmr-hud-secy-carson-announces-launch-of-new-conservative-non-profit\/\" title=\"Fmr. HUD Secy. Carson announces launch of new conservative non-profit\">mutual understanding<\/a> of core issues. The DCA will help with America&#8217;s investment into capacity building of the PNG defense force, in training, infrastructure, and other items that have to do with defense.<\/p>\n<p>With Biden&#8217;s visit, the U.S. is set to strengthen its ties with PNG and enhance its engagement in the Indo-Pacific region. This visit is a significant step towards building a more secure and prosperous future for both nations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. President Joe Biden will briefly visit Papua New Guinea (PNG) during his trip to Australia next month, an official from the\u00a0southwestern Pacific nation said, in a move that will help boost the U.S. engagement in the region. PNG\u2019s Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko told reporters on Thursday that Biden is planning to visit the nation\u2019s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":299,"featured_media":1920827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[3620,25364,4808,18961,7977,25365,25366,7778],"class_list":["post-1920826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times","tag-biden","tag-guinea","tag-official","tag-papua","tag-planning","tag-quad","tag-stopover","tag-summit"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1920826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/299"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1920826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1920826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1920827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1920826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1920826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1920826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}