カテゴリー: Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands prime minister Manasseh Sogavare has dismissed foreign criticism of the country’s security negotiations with China as ‘insulting’ and called those who leaked the draft agreement ‘lunatics’, in his first comments to parliament on th…
Manasseh Sogavare says it is ‘utter nonsense’ that China’s presence is a threat to regional stabilitySolomon Islands prime minister Manasseh Sogavare has dismissed foreign criticism of the country’s security negotiations with China as “insulting” and c…
Australia must figure out how to respond to an increasingly crowded Pacific, without increasing tensions in the regionA leaked draft security agreement being negotiated between China and Solomon Islands could have security implications for the whole Pa…
Analysts say unratified document which would allow China to base ships in the Pacific is a ‘wish list’ which reveals nation’s intent in ‘black and white’Get our free news app; get our morning email briefingScott Morrison says Australia was not blindsid…
Police had been criticised after reports that a ‘shipment of arms’ arrived in the country on a logging vessel from an unknown sourceA shipment of replica firearms by China to Solomon Islands police has caused concern as the Pacific nation grapples with…
Draft agreement circulating on social media suggests China could establish military base less than 2,000km from Australia Australian officials are alarmed at Solomon Islands’ planned security deal with China with the defence minister, Peter Dutton, sta…
Both governments are claiming responsibility for rescue of nine Papua New Guinean nationals last monthTensions between China and Taiwan have found an unlikely battleground – a fight over who rescued nine Papua New Guinean sailors who were lost at sea f…
The Pacific country was coronavirus-free until last month but an outbreak of thousands of cases is overwhelming the health systemFrontline health workers in Solomon Islands have warned that its health system is on the brink of collapse as the country s…
Washington will reopen its embassy on the island after 29 years, expanding its Pacific presence amid China’s growing influence in the regionThe United States plans to re-establish an embassy in Solomon Islands, a senior US state department official sai…
Pacific Island nation to host six Chinese officers as well as receiving shields, helmets and batons, says governmentChina will send police officers to the Solomon Islands to help train its police force, the Pacific island nation says, after rioting las…
Manasseh Sogavare defends switching diplomatic ties from Taiwan to ChinaThe prime minister of Solomon Islands has defended his government’s decision to establish diplomatic relations with China, accusing “agents of Taiwan” of attempting to destabilise …
New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern says she is ‘deeply concerned by the recent civil unrest and rioting in Honiara’New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has ordered police and troops to join an international peacekeeping mission in the crisi…
Troops will join Australian-led force that also includes Papua New GuineaFiji will contribute 50 troops to an Australian-led peacekeeping force in Solomon Islands after anti-government rioting that razed parts of the capital of Honiara, the Fijian prim…
Comments come as Australian police and defence force personnel begin taking control of capital HoniaraSolomon Islands prime minister Manasseh Sogavare has blamed foreign interference over his government’s decision to switch alliances from Taiwan to Bei…
Deployment to support ‘riot control’ as protesters defy lockdown order to take to streets for second dayAustralia is deploying more than 100 police and defence force personnel to Solomon Islands, where anti-government protesters took to the streets in …