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US opens embassy in Solomon Islands to counter China

In this photo provided by the U.S. Embassy Honiara, U.S. soldiers salute during a flag raising ceremony to celebrate the opening of the U.S. embassy in Honiara of the Solomon Islands, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. The United States opened an embassy in the Solomon Islands on Thursday in its latest move to counter China's push into the Pacific. (U.S. Embassy Honiara via AP) In this photo provided by the U.S. Embassy Honiara, U.S. soldiers salute during a flag raising ceremony to celebrate the opening of the U.S. embassy in Honiara of the Solomon Islands, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. The United States opened an embassy in the Solomon Islands on Thursday in its latest move to counter China's push into the Pacific. (U.S. Embassy Honiara via AP) In this photo provided by the U.S. Embassy Honiara, Russell Comeau, Chargé d'Affaires ad interim of the U.S. Embassy Honiara, center, flanked by Taylor Ruggles, director for the East Asia and the Pacific region of the U.S. State Department, left, and Colin Beck, permanent secretary of the Solomon Islands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, gestures during a news conference in Honiara of the Solomon Islands, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. (U.S. Embassy Honiara via AP) In this photo provided by the U.S. Embassy Honiara, Taylor Ruggles, director for the East Asia and the Pacific region of the U.S. State Department, from left, Colin Beck, permanent secretary of the Solomon Islands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, and Russell Comeau, Chargé d'Affaires ad interim of the U.S. Embassy Honiara, attend an flag raising ceremony to celebrate the opening of the embassy in Honiara of the Solomon Islands, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. (U.S. Embassy Honiara via AP) In this photo provided by the U.S. Embassy Honiara, Taylor Ruggles, director for the East Asia and the Pacific region of the U.S. State Department, from left, Colin Beck, permanent secretary of the Solomon Islands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, and Russell Comeau, Chargé d'Affaires ad interim of the U.S. Embassy Honiara, attend an flag raising ceremony to celebrate the opening of the embassy in Honiara of the Solomon Islands, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. (U.S. Embassy Honiara via AP) FILE - Ships are docked offshore in Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands, Nov. 24, 2018. The United States opened an embassy in the Solomon Islands on Thursday in its latest move to counter China's push into the Pacific. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
US opens embassy in Solomon Islands to counter China