Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Call with Papua New Guinea Foreign Minister Tkatchenko

The following Readout was published by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs on Jan. 9. It is reproduced in full below.

The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price:

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman spoke today with Papua New Guinea Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko to discuss the United States and Papua New Guinea’s shared priorities in the Indo-Pacific. They discussed ways to strengthen our bilateral relationship in the coming year.

Source: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs