U.S. President Joe Biden poses with leaders from the U.S.- Pacific Island Country Summit, New Caledonia’s President Louis Mapou, Tonga’s Prime Minister Hu’akavemeiliku Siaosi Sovaleni, Palau’s President Surangel Whipps Jr., Tuvalu’s Prime Minister Kausea Natano, Federated States of Micronesia’s President David Panuelo, Fiji’s Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape, Marshall Islands President David Kabua, Samoa’s Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa, French Polynesia’s President Edouard Fritch and Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown at the White House in Washington, U.S. September 29, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo