The government of Kiribati is suspending all diplomatic visits to the Pacific Island nation until next year, citing its current election process, according to an official in the Foreign Ministry.
Vice President Kamala Harris will use her speech to frame the 2024 election as a chance to "chart a new way forward."FILE - A boy scavenges for useful items at Red Beach dump on Tarawa atoll, Kiribati , on March 30, 2004. FILE - A Kiribati dancer raises her arms as she welcomes the first sunrise of the new year on Millennium Island, Kiribati , on Jan. 1, 2000. FILE - A boy scavenges for useful items at Red Beach dump on Tarawa atoll, Kiribati , on March 30, 2004.
Some analysts said that while Kiribati’s bureaucracy is small, the suspension could reflect a desire to avoid foreign checks on its government formation process. Kiribati switched its allegiance from pro-Taiwan to pro-Beijing in 2019, citing its national interest in joining several other Pacific nations that have severed diplomatic ties with Taipei in recent years. Self-governing Taiwan is claimed by China, and since the shift, Beijing has
“This is a way for the current government to say we want to be just among Kiribati, no foreign interference,” he said. Officials in South Korea and Japan — two other countries with which Kiribati has close ties — did not immediately comment.
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