Australian Prime Minister Set to Woo Pacific Leaders at Annual Forum

File photo: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks during a joint press conference at the Istana Presidential Palace in Singapore, on 7 June 2019. Wallace Woon/Pool via Reuters

FUNAFUTI, Tuvalu—Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison will on Wednesday, Aug. 14, arrive in Tuvalu, a tiny Pacific Island, to start wooing a region that Canberra fears is edging closer to China.

Morrison will spend two days in Tuvalu for the Pacific Islands Forum, an annual gathering of regional leaders.