The United States has said it will re-establish a Solomon Islands embassy as it attempts to curb China's influence in the Pacific Island nation.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the decision while in Fiji on a tour of the region.
A US official says China was "aggressively seeking to engage" political and business leaders in the Solomons, with its actions "causing real concerns".
The islands' US embassy closed in 1993.
[Source: BBC]
