Senior Australian officials are expressing their unease about China's growing police cooperation with Solomon Islands, as Australia has always been the major provider of police training in Honiara.
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has declared he wants China to play a permanent role training police in his country and flagged a substantial new donation of police vehicles and equipment from Beijing.On Friday last week, Mr Sogavare attended a graduation ceremony for Royal Solomon Islands Police Force members who had received riot control training from Chinese police.
Australia has also been deeply alarmed by a broader security pact signed by Solomon Islands and China, fearing it could allow Beijing to establish a military presence in the country down the track. Mr Sogavare told the graduation ceremony he would also like China to play a permanent police training role.
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