Mlembi wa US wa State Michael R. Pompeo lero anayamikira anthu a Republic of Kiribati pa chaka cha 40 cha ufulu wawo wodzilamulira:
M’malo mwa Boma la United States of America, ndikupereka chiyamikiro kwa anthu a Republic of Kiribati pamene mukukondwerera chaka cha 40 cha ufulu wadziko lanu pa July 12.
Ubale wakuya womwe mayiko athu awiri adapanga pankhondo ya Tarawa wapanga mgwirizano wautali. Pamodzi, tadzipereka kuthana ndi mavuto omwe akukumana nawo m'derali, monga kukonzekera masoka achilengedwe komanso kusodza kosavomerezeka, kosaneneka, komanso kosalamuliridwa, pamene tikupititsa patsogolo chitukuko cha zachuma, kulimbikitsa malamulo, ndikuthandizira kukhazikika kwa chilengedwe cha zilumba za Pacific. Tikulandirani kudzipereka kwanu kupititsa patsogolo masomphenya athu ogawana nawo dera la Free and Open Indo-Pacific ndi ma demokalase ena m'chigawo cha Pacific kuphatikiza Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, ndi Japan. Ndikukhulupirira kuti ubale wathu upititsa patsogolo zokonda zathu zonse ndikukhalabe gwero lachitetezo chachigawo, bata, ndi chitukuko.
Zabwino zonse ndi zofuna zamtendere za mtendere ndi chitukuko m'chaka chomwe chikubwera.