Acting Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs Glyn Davies said President Barack Obama’s emphasis on diplomacy and development presents a new approach to the Pacific region.
“I think we can see what President Obama has been saying from the transition through to the inaugural address and now as president, a number of signs of renewed emphasis on the importance of diplomacy and development,” Davies said.
He said Obama’s new Secretary of State Hillary Clinton “has already talked about the importance of the three
legged stool of our foreign policy — development, diplomacy and defense.”
“Two of those, development and diplomacy, are very much under her authority in the state department and she means to do a great deal more in the development area,” he added.
