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US diplomats doubted explanations that Chinese shipment contained replica weapons, previously unseen documents show.

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden will meet 18 leaders from the South Pacific when he visits Papua New Guinea in May, a top regional diplomat said onnSaturday, as the United States and China vie for influence.

Thirty-four officers travel to China as part of effort to improve cooperation between the two forces

Senior police boss also did not rule out having Chinese police officers embedded within the force, after signing of controversial security deal

Former PM alleged Australian personnel twice failed to prevent the burning of Honiara’s Chinatown

SYDNEY: Amid a regional backlash, the Solomon Islands said on Friday it would not allow a Chinese military base in the Pacific islands nation despite its plans to sign a security pact with Beijing.

Police had been criticised after reports that a ‘shipment of arms’ arrived in the country on a logging vessel from an unknown source

The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force denies that replica rifles from China were smuggled into the country, with the nation's opposition demanding to know why the "fake guns" were unloaded "secretly" at a private wharf instead of at a public facility.

Both governments are claiming responsibility for rescue of nine Papua New Guinean nationals last month