US financial support

ADB quiet on Nauru after US pulls financial support

Nauru was no longer eligible for financial support from the US government because it recognises two Georgian break-away regions as independent countries.

The act signed by Mr Trump declares that Abkhazia and South Ossetia are Russian-occupied territories belonging to Georgia.

RNZI reports the US was a major financial contributor to the Asian Development Bank but the bank said it was apolitical.