The Pacific Island Minister of the Internal Affairs of the Pacific Island State Titku Dudu said that after a year of review, Fiji decided to restore a police cooperation agreement with China.
Titku Dudu announced the above decision in an exclusive interview published on Friday (March 15).
He said, "We have reviewed 12 months and the agreement has been restored." Now Fiji will return to cooperation with the original police in China. The two countries will decide how to implement this agreement in the future, includingBilateral police officers exchange.
Tiku Dudu emphasized that only Fiji police will receive training in China at present, and no Chinese police will enter the Fiji Police Force.
Fiji and China signed the police cooperation agreement in 2011, allowing the Fiji police to receive training in China, and China can also send police officers to Fiji.In addition, the agreement also involves information exchanges, mutual visits, training and equipment supply.
During the 2014 Fiji election, Beijing provided Fiji with cars, communication, surveillance equipment, etc.
In December 2022, after the Fiji Prime Minister Langbaka came to power, he told the media that he believed that the police cooperation agreement with China continued.Langbca also said last year that he was worried about the differences between the values and judicial systems of Fiji and China, and this agreement has been under review since then.
But in June last year, Fiji seemed to soften his position before signing a defense agreement with New Zealand to strengthen military relations, saying that he would review the relevant agreement before making any decision.
The Pacific State relies on the support of international partners, especially Australia and New Zealand to provide resources for their police forces.
China has also actively expanded its influence in the Pacific in recent years, including signing police cooperation agreements with the Solomon Islands last April, but this move also attracted the US, as well as Australia, New Zealand and other Pacific neighbors.vigilance.
Professor of Shandong University in Rya on Friday to Global Times that the Pacific Island country needs equal and practical police cooperation.The United States, Australia and other countries have also carried out police cooperation with the Pacific Island country, but they only focused on how to strengthen the control of local military police and the government, but the cooperation between China with the Pacific Island country never interfered in the internal affairs.
