US and Micronesia initial new association agreement, US envoy says

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy Joseph Yun arrives at a meeting with the media in Bangkok, Thailand December 15, 2017. REUTERS/Jorge Silva/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and Micronesia initialed a new association agreement on Monday and it will be signed on May 22 at a ceremony in Papua New Guinea attended by U.S President Joe Biden, U.S presidential envoy Joseph Yun told Reuters.

Yun said he hoped for similar progress this week on renewing a Compact of Free Association Agreement with Palau, which he would visit on Tuesday, but added that he was doubtful the same could be achieved at the moment with Marshall Islands, which he would visit later in the week.