(Sydney Composite Electric) The Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands Sagalere reiterated to Australia on Friday that China will not allow China to build a military base in the local area.The Australian side welcomes this and believes that this will help alleviate concerns about Beijing's growing influence in the Pacific region.
Sogovrey's visit to the Australian Foreign Minister Huang Yingxian, who visited the capital of the capital, said on the same day that although the Solomon Islands signed a bilateral security cooperation framework agreement with China in April this year, the Solomon Islands will not let letAny foreign countries in foreign countries have excluded the possibility of China's establishment of military bases locally.
The security agreement between China and the Solomon Islands includes assisting in maintaining social order. This agreement has caused countries such as the United States, Australia, and New Zealand to worry that China will have a strategic foothold in the Pacific region.
Bloomberg reported that Sogovre also reiterated that Australia is still the partners of the Solomon Islands on security and development issues.
Huang Yingxian told reporters after the meeting: "We talked a lot about becoming a member of the Pacific family. We are serious. Australia's view is still: Pacific security should be responsible for members of the Pacific family, and the Pacific familyIt is fully capable of providing this security. "
She also said that in addition to regional security, they also discussed issues related to infrastructure, health care, education, labor flow, and climate change.
Since the Australian Labor Party government came to power in May this year, Huang Yingxian has sworn in as a foreign minister, on Friday, Huang Yingxian has visited the Pacific region for the third time.Her frequent visit is to seek strengthening diplomatic relations to fight Beijing.During this period, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi also visited the Pacific countries for a week, so the outside world regarded this as a sign of intensified competition between Beijing and the United States and Australia.
During the former Prime Minister of Australia Morrison, Sogovre accused Australia and other Western countries that regarded the Solomon Islands as a gun -holding child who needed to "supervise", reflecting the tension between Canberra and HoneylaEssence
The Solomon Islands and the safety agreement signed by China in April is Beijing's first security agreement in the Pacific region.However, China seeking a plan to sign a trade and security agreement with 10 Pacific Island countries has been put on hold because some Pacific countries are worried about the content of the agreement.