China military base Solomon Islands

The US will oversee the opening of a Chinese embassy in the Solomon Islands, warning the Honiara that it will "respond accordingly" if a military base is ...

It adds that China could send their own armed forces there "to assist in maintaining social order". "The US delegation outlined clear areas of concern with respect to the purpose, scope, and transparency of the agreement," the White House said. The US will oversee the opening of a Chinese embassy in the Solomon Islands, warning the Honiara that it will "respond accordingly" if a military base is established.

US News: WASHINGTON: The United States warned Friday it would "respond accordingly" if China installs a military base on the strategic Solomon Islands after ...

According to the White House statement, "Sogavare reiterated his specific assurances that there would be no military base, no long-term presence, and no power projection capability, as he has said publicly." "If steps are taken to establish a de facto permanent military presence, power-projection capabilities, or a military installation, the delegation noted that the United States would then have significant concerns and respond accordingly," the White House said. WASHINGTON: The United States warned Friday it would "respond accordingly" if China installs a military base on the strategic Solomon Islands

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg refuses to say when Australia first knew of pact between Solomon Islands and China.

“I don’t think is a path we should take or that it is a path would benefit Solomon Islands,” he said. But the US would nevertheless “follow developments closely in consultation with regional partners”. His claims were rejected by Australian authorities. Details of the agreement have not been made public. But according to a draft version of the deal, it would allow armed Chinese police to be deployed at Solomon Islands’ request to maintain “social order”. It would also allow China to “make ship visits to, carry out logistical replenishment in, and have stopover and transition in Solomon Islands”, and Chinese forces could also be used “to protect the safety of Chinese personnel and major projects in Solomon Islands”. The US government has warned Solomon Islands it will “respond accordingly” if its security agreement with China leads to a Chinese military presence in the Pacific island nation.

Washington: The US will expedite the opening of an embassy in the Solomon Islands and has warned the Pacific nation that it will “respond accordingly” if ...

“Its purpose will be to enhance communication, address mutual concerns, and drive practical progress” the White House said. Get a note directly from our foreign correspondents on what’s making headlines around the world. American officials told Sogavare and members of his cabinet that while the US “respected the rights of nations to make sovereign decisions in the best interest of their people”, the pact between the Solomon Islands and the People’s Republic of China had security risks for the region, as well as the US, Australia and its allied partners.

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The positions of Australia, New Zealand and the United States on Solomon Islands as China comes could be likened to how Russia feels about Ukraine as NATO draws closer: “Some were concerned …: a Chinese military base being built in the Solomon Islands, a first for China in the Pacific. Australia and the US were so worried that they sent delegations to the Pacific island, hoping to stop the agreement.” FT has called it an “irony” when you see what is happening in Ukraine with Russia. Humans are just the same – hope someone can invent a drug to make us enjoy living peacefully. The tensions evolving in the world now are huge.

One of Joe Biden's top advisers has urged Solomon Islands not to allow a Chinese military base in the country, warning the United States would "respond ...

Carouso - who is now the Australia chair for the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies - said the West's fear was that China would establish a military base in Solomon Islands to cut Australia off from the US "if worst came to worst". A White House summary of the trip said the US delegation used a 90-minute meeting with Sogavare and two dozen members of his cabinet to raise concerns about the "potential regional security implications" of the deal. The White House is also promising to bring forward the re-establishment of a US embassy in Honiara and to provide the country with more medical aid.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison is yet to call his Solomon Islands counterpart over its China deal despite a top-level US delegation heading to the Pacific ...

It definitely raises the increased prospect of Chinese military presence in the Pacific and that makes Australia less safe and that is because Scott Morrison wasn’t doing his job.” “This is a watershed moment in terms of Australia’s national security, in terms of our place in the region and it is a watershed moment that is very negative. “In response to these enumerated concerns, Prime Minister Sogavare reiterated his specific assurances that there would be no military base, no long-term presence, and no power projection capability, as he has said publicly.” The White House said on Saturday it would expedite the opening of an embassy in the Solomon Islands and warned the Pacific nation that it would “respond accordingly” if steps are taken allowing China to set up a permanent military presence. Morrison has also only spoken to Sogavare once during the past month, and did not call him in the days leading up to the signing of the agreement. Prime Minister Scott Morrison is resisting calling his Solomon Islands counterpart despite a top-level delegation from the United States arriving in the country to warn it against allowing China to establish a military base.

The Japanese would broadcast on her frequency, “We are coming to get you, Ruby.”

“They [the Royal Australian Navy] thought it was best for me to be in a uniform and the navy appointed me as an honorary third officer in the WRANS [Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service]. It was just in case I was captured because I would be classed as a spy otherwise. It was dropped by parachute and it came down like a big pearl into the sea. With the outbreak of war in 1939, Vanikoro formed part of a Coastwatching network in the South Pacific. The two boys were sent for schooling in Sydney and the island was evacuated. We would hear the throbs of submarines on the reef. When she received threats from a Japanese commander over her radio frequency, defensive action was taken. Ruby outlived Skov and also a second husband. She and her husband were the only non-Solomon Islanders remaining. Soon after, there was news of Pearl Harbor being bombed [on December 7, 1941] and we were a bit scared about that. Ships would arrive from Melbourne four times a year to collect the logs and deliver supplies. Boye-Jones refused to be evacuated from Vanikoro (in the Santa Cruz group of islands) with the outbreak of war. Skov accepted the position of island manager for a timber company in Vanikoro in 1936. I think she [Ruby] would probably feel the same way.

Therefore, the same President Joe Biden administration that lambasted the Russian Federation -allegedly for interfering in its election – is seeking to control ...

It isn’t unimaginable that a trigger event might occur in the Solomon Islands if this nation doesn’t wilt to pressure. Hence, Japan immediately responded to America’s concern over the Solomon Islands. After all, the anti-Russia Fumio Kishida government in Japan is extremely nationalist. However, externally the Democrats are threatening nations – or seeking to impose their stance by stealth on countries including Hungary, India, Pakistan, Serbia, Solomon Islands, and other nations. It appears that colonialism is the “fresh Biden mandate” – that looks aghast toward any nation that shows independence. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare is facing strong external pressure from America and Australia. Japan will also send a delegation to visit the Solomon Islands a few weeks later. The Solomon Islands is an independent nation.

Key points: Mr Morrison says Australia will not have Chinese naval bases "on our doorstep"; Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce says Solomon Islands is risking its ...

"[China wants] to. We wouldn't have cut bilateral aid by 28 per cent on average every year," Senator Wong said. Do I think it's easy? "So yes, I do think there's a different approach. Mr Morrison would not say how he would respond if re-elected, if the "red line" was crossed and China did move to establish a military base. Scott Morrison says China building a military base on Solomon Islands would be the "red line" for Australia and the United States, but did not say how Australia would respond if it happened.

Defence Minister Peter Dutton defended the Australian government's handling of bilateral ties with Solomon Islands, saying numerous high-level ...

he asked earlier in the week. "The reality is that China has changed. he asked earlier in the week. "We are no longer the first partner of choice for a Pacific island nation and that is to the detriment of Australia’s position in our region." - that's the reality of modern China," he said. "We are no longer the first partner of choice for a Pacific island nation and that is to the detriment of Australia’s position in our region."