(Apia Comprehensive Television) As China and Australia launched a diplomatic competition in the South Pacific, Samoa, the Pacific Island country, signed a bilateral agreement with China yesterday to strengthen diplomatic relations.
Comprehensive Agence France -Presse and Reuters reported that Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met the country's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phiamei on Samoa's capital Apia on Saturday, local time.According to the official website of the Samoa government, Wang Yi and Fiame have discussed with issues such as climate change, epidemic conditions, and peace and security.
Statement stated that the two signed documents including the "Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement".The content details of the agreement are unclear, but according to several drafts received and leaked earlier in Pacific countries, this agreement outlines the plans for China -Sales to expand their security and economic contact, including China to help Samoa establish police fingerprints.laboratory.
The local media was invited to witness the signing of the agreement, but the media did not accept the media questions.
Statement also said that Samoa and China will continue to seek greater cooperation to achieve common interests and commitments.China will also continue to provide infrastructure development assistance to several industries in Samoa and will also set a new structure for future plans, but the relevant framework "needs to be determined and agreed."
According to the draft of Xinhua News Agency, Wang Yi said in Apia that the cooperation between China and the Pacific island nations does not target third parties and do not seek to exclude its rights.It has always opposed the zero -harmony game. China is willing to strengthen communication with all countries that care about island nations, especially in Australia, New (brocade), and exert their respective advantages, and carry out more three parties on the basis of respect for the island country. "
The head of the head of Samoa, Tuyimale Alifuno, also met with Wang Yi yesterday. The two exchanged opinions on multilateral issues and unanimously agreed to strengthen green development and cope with changes.
Wang Yi hopes to seek a security and trade agreement with 10 countries through this Pacific trip.He has visited the Solomon Islands and Kiribas this week.After finishing Samoa's visit, Wang Yi flew to Fiji yesterday. It is expected that he will visit Tonga, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea and East Timor.
The Solomon Islands signed a security agreement with China last month, which shocked the United States and Australia.They are worried that Beijing will strengthen its military deployment in the Pacific region of Australia.
Huang Yingxian, the new Foreign Minister of Foreign Australia, visited Fiji the day before yesterday to seek to attract the island country in order to compete with China for regional influence.He told the media in Suwa, the capital of Fiji: "We have publicly expressed concerns about the security agreement."
