Biden to meet 18 Pacific leaders in Papua New Guinea
4 years ago(FILES) US President Joe Biden speaks to the press before boarding Air Force One, as he departs for Northern Ireland, at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on April 11, 2023. - Washington's political and media elites observe their annual truce -- of a few hours -- Saturday, April 29, 2023 at the White House Correspondents Association dinner, where President Joe Biden will find himself the butt of jokes and hit back with his own. The ritual is a landmark on the US capital's social calendar and once again takes place in the same Hilton Hotel where Ronald Reagan was shot and nearly killed by John Hinckley Jr in 1981, as he left from delivering a speech to trade unions. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)
US President Joe Biden will meet 18 leaders from across the South Pacific when he visits Papua New Guinea in May, the country's foreign minister said Saturday, signalling a renewed US drive to cultivate regional allies.