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Reuters
Reuters
Environment
Kirsty Needham

Tuvalu, sinking in the Pacific, fears becoming a superpower 'pawn'

Tuvalu's Foreign Minister Simon Kofe gives a COP26 statement while standing in the ocean in this handout picture taken in Funafuti, Tuvalu, November 8, 2021. Picture taken November 8, 2021. Ministry of Justice, Communication and Foreign Affairs Tuvalu Government/Handout via REUTERS

Tuvalu fears that climate change, an existential threat to the Pacific nation, is being forgotten and it worries that fellow island nations could become "pawns" in a global competition between China and the United States, its foreign minister said.

Simon Kofe told Reuters the superpower competition was a concern, distracting attention from climate change, the priority for Pacific islands endangered by rising sea levels.

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