Koror- A US Compact consultation team is in Palau this week for a “fact-finding” mission that will set the stage for a formal compact review to take place. Vice President Raynold Oilouch told the media on Wednesday that the offer to start Compact talks early is based on the requirement that every 15 years a Compact review is to take place between the United States and Palau. “For us, we wanted some clarity. Is the discussion about the Compact extension beyond 2044 or is about

Koror- The United States and Palau will conduct an initial Compact Agreement consultation which  starts today. According to an earlier statement made to the local media, a team of US officials will be in Palau from Oct. 8 and 9 for an initial consultation on the Palau-US Compact ahead of 2024, when the second provision of economic assistance ends. Photo by the US Embassy in Pohpei FSM Palau’s Vice President Raynold Oilouch disclosed that the United States requested to hold a

Koror- Discussions on the United States military presence in the Pacific is high on the agenda of the historic meeting today between President Donald Trump and three presidents of tiny Pacific island-nations of Palau, Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Presidents of the freely associated states (FAS) in the Western Pacific: President Tommy E. Remengesau, Jr, of the Republic of Palau; President Hilda C. Heine of the Republic of the Marsh

Koror- Palau President Tommy Remengesau Jr. said it will remain neutral on calls by powerful nations to Juan Guido’s claim on Venezuela presidency but instead called for the need for a dialogue to solve the country’s crisis. At the sidelines of the 19th Micronesian President’s Summit being held here in Palau, Remengesau said his country would be chairing the United Nations Credential Committee. The president said under the committee “new members of new governments have to sub

Koror- A three-member United States. Congressional delegation led by the Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senator Lisa Murkowski, and two non-voting members of the House of Representatives, CNMI’s Kilili Sablan and American Samoa’s Amata Radewagen will visit Palau this weekend. Palau President Tommy Remenegsau Jr. disclosed this during the national leadership meeting yesterday. Senator Murkowski’s committee has the congressional jurisdiction ove

Secretary Zinke Praises President Trump and Congress for Authorizing Palau Compact Agreement in FY 2018 NDAA (December 13, 2017) WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke today thanked President Trump and commended the U.S. Congress for including authorization for the Palau Compact Review Agreement in the FY 2018 National Defense Authorization Act. Signed into law yesterday by the President, the enactment officially authorizes the strategic agreement signed betwe