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(Wellington French Xindian) The Solomon Islands' first draft of the Solomon Islands against the United States -Pacific Partnership Declaration was because they were unwilling to "choose" between China and the United States.

The Solomon Islands Foreign Minister Manella on Tuesday (October 4) said in an interview with a reporter in New Zealand that some provisions of the first draft of the United States -Pacific Partnership Declaration indirectly mentioned China, and the Solomon Islands "feel uncomfortable"" ".These provisions put the Solomon Islands where the must be selected, and they don't want to do so.

After finding the "common point", the Solomon Islands signed a declaration

Manella said that the United States and 14 Pacific island countries found the "common point" afterwards, and the Solomon Islands finally signed a declaration.

Since World War II, the United States has played a key role in the South Pacific.In recent years, China has gone through greater influence through investment, police training and signing a security agreement with the Solomon Islands.

In order to fight against the growing influence of Beijing, the United States has strengthened its connection with the Pacific in recent years.On September 29, 14 island countries in the United States and Pacific reached 10 US -Pacific Partnership Declaration.The two sides vowed to strengthen their partnership, and the United States will provide more than $ 810 million (more than $ 1.16 billion) to assist the Pacific Island countries to fight climate change.

Maneli said that the Pacific region welcomes China and the United States.He also reiterated that the security agreement signed with China will not lead to China's establishment of military existence in the Solomon Islands because the agreement does not include the establishment of a military base.

He said: "India -Pacific should not be regarded as a region where confrontation, conflict and war ... We welcome the United States and the Pacific region to re -contact, we also look forward to cooperating with all partners."