Fiji, Sept. 17 -- The United States has rolled out a sweeping package of economic, security, and health commitments to Pacific Island nations, signalling what it calls a "reinvigorated" partnership with the region.

At a U.S-Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) roundtable in Port Moresby Tuesday, deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau said Washington was "re-aligning our mutual priorities to deliver on concrete benefits for Americans and Pacific Islanders."

The commitments span infrastructure, digital connectivity, fisheries, critical minerals, disaster resilience, and people- to-people ties - areas the U.S says are central to its Indo-Pacific strategy under the Trump administration's second term.

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