Australia had strong concern at prospect of China’s security presence in Solomon Islands in 2022. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SYDNEY - Australia said the Solomon Islands and China should “provide transparency of their intentions to Australia and the region” by immediately publishing details ofThe police cooperation pact was among nine deals signed after Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare met with Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Beijing.
“We are concerned that this development will invite further regional contest,” Ms Wong said in a statement. Australia had expressed strong concern at the prospect of China’s security presence in the Solomon Islands in 2022, when a security pact was struck between those two countries.
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