US Deputy Secretary of State Sherman and Ambassador to Australia Kennedy will visit the Solomon Islands next month. A senior State Department official revealed this to Reuters on the 24th. Both fathers participated in the Battle of the Solomon Islands during World War II. The United States is currently in a dispute with China over its influence in the region.
A delegation led by Mr. Sherman visited the Solomon Islands on August 6-8 to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the "Battle of Guadalcanal Island". He will meet with senior officials to emphasize "a lasting relationship between the United States and the Solomon Islands" and the opening of a US embassy in the capital Honiara.
Kennedy has a father, the late former US President John F. Kennedy, who participated in the Solomon Islands operation as a patrol boat captain during the war and was subsequently assassinated.
A senior State Department official also said the visit would be personally interesting to Mr. Sherman, whose father was a Marine who was injured in the Guadalcanal battle that began between the Allied and Japanese forces in August 1942. rice field. He will also attend commemorative events hosted by the Solomon Islands and Japan.
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