Palau invites US to build military bases as part of strategic tug of war with China

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Palau invites US to build military bases as part of strategic tug of war with China

US Defence Secretary Mark Esper visited the island nation last week and accused Beijing of ‘ongoing destabilising activities’ in the Pacific.

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• US Defence Secretary Mark Esper visited the island nation last week and accused Beijing of ‘ongoing destabilising activities’ in the Pacific
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• Palau is an independent nation but has no military and the US is responsible for its defence under an agreement called the Compact of Free Association

The tiny Pacific nation of Palau has urged the United States military to build bases on its territory – which lies in a region where Washington is pushing back against
growing Chinese influence. U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper
visited the island nation last week and accused Beijing of “ongoing destabilising activities” in the Pacific.

Palau President Tommy Remengesau later revealed he told Esper the US military was welcome to build facilities in his country, an archipelago about 1,500km east of the Philippines.
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