Country 's ambassador to U.S. says agreement includes some aid to Palau . The deal is expected to be signed in the coming days by President Obama and Palau's new leader Eni Sopoaga, who took office last week. Some of the prisoners have been cleared for release from the Guantanamo Bay facility since 2003 , but the United States would not send them back to China out of concern that Chinese authorities would torture them . Palau agrees to take 17 Uighurs from Guantanamo Bay , Cuba . U.S. would n't send Uighur detainees to China due to torture concerns .
Country 's ambassador to U.S. says agreement includes some aid to Palau . The deal is expected to be signed in the coming days by President Obama and Palau's new leader Eni Sopoaga, who took office last week. Palau agrees to take 17 Uighurs from Guantanamo Bay , Cuba . U.S. would n't send Uighur detainees to China due to torture concerns .