<span style="color: #222222;">The United States has struck a partnership agreement with Pacific island nations yesterday. According to media reports, the United States and more than a dozen Pacific island nations vowed to strengthen their partnership in the declaration.<br />''<br />''US President Joe Biden told the nations that Washington was committed to increasing its presence in the region amid growing concern about China's growing military and economic influence. The declaration said that Pacific leaders welcome the United States' commitment to enhancing its engagement, including by expanding its diplomatic presence, the ties between our peoples, and US development cooperation across the region.  It also announced 810 million dollars in financial support and said it would recognize Niue and Cook Islands as sovereign states. Leaders from Fiji, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, the Cook Islands, French Polynesia, and New Caledonia were attending the two-day summit that started on Wednesday.<br />''<br />''The region has strategic importance as the gateway to Asia from the Pacific.</span><br />