Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has assured Foreign Minister Penny Wong that China will not have a persistent military presence in the Pacific nation | ErykBagshaw
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has assured Foreign Minister Penny Wong that China will not have a persistent military presence in the Pacific nation.
Wong said she welcomed his assurance that Australia remains Solomon Island’s “first security partner of choice”.“And I welcomed Prime Minister Sogavare’s reassurances that there will not be a military base nor persistent foreign military presence in Solomon Islands,” she said. revealed a proposal for Chinese ships to be able to dock and replenish in the Solomons. Sogavare has since repeatedly denied plans to allow a Chinese naval base to be built less than 2000 kilometres from the Australian east coast.Credit:China on Friday launched a new aircraft carrier capable of carrying Chinese warplanes deep into the Pacific.
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