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China's influence hard to ignore in Solomon Islands' capital Honiara, as Australia warned it could be 'left behind'

Solomon Islands has been shut off from the world for more than two years. It was thrust into the global spotlight during that time when it signed a security pact with China. Now it has opened up again, what do the people of Solomon Islands think?

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Solomon Islands ends COVID-19 isolation, reopens to world for first time since China deal announced

Solomon Islands becomes latest country to reopen after COVID-19 protocols, ending more than 800 days shut off from the outside world.

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Breakthrough in Solomon-Aus relationship

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he and his Solomon Islands counterpart Manasseh Sogavare have broken ground with a "constructive discussion".

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‘Things aren’t going back’: Australia braces for step-up in China’s Pacific push

Despite initial relief over island nations’ rejection of security and economic pact, senior government figure says reprieve could be only temporary

The Guardian - AU

External Affairs Minister Jaishankar meets his counterparts from Tanzania and Solomon Islands; discusses bilateral cooperation

Jaishankar also met Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on the sidelines of the summit.

The Hindu

US officials find China-Solomon Islands security deal 'very troubling', internal emails reveal

Internal emails reveal United States officials described the signing of a security pact between China and Solomon Islands as "very troubling".

ABC News

‘Very troubling’: Emails reveal US alarm over China-Solomons pact

Internal emails show US aid agency officials’ concerns over contentious security agreement.

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Australia should not overstate the threat of China in the Pacific, and mend relationships in the region

The signing of a security agreement between Solomon Islands and China in April 2022 brought geopolitical competition and militarisation in the Pacific to the fore of public discussion.

The Conversation

In the Solomon Islands, Wong takes first tentative steps in repairing a strained relationship

Foreign Minister Penny Wong was no doubt expecting a cooler reception than her three previous visits to the Pacific when she touched down in Honiara last Friday. The Solomon Islands government website had not even listed the Australian minister’s visit – but it did note the first visit of a…

The Conversation

Solomons PM tells Australia there will be no China military base

Australia welcomed reassurances from the Solomon Islands that it would not allow China to install a military base on its territory, helping to assuage concerns about Beijing’s growing influence in the Pacific region.

Tribune News Service

Pacific islands: an unexpected new dimension to power struggles between US and China

The island states of the Pacific – from large Papua New Guinea to the smaller island state of Tuvalu – find themselves in a newly influential position as the west and China battle for their strategic backing.

The Conversation

Former minister hits out at Coalition’s ‘policy of appeasement’ towards China

Concetta Fierravanti-Wells says warnings about China’s influence were ignored and blasts NSW Liberals over preselections

The Guardian - AU

Australian minister visits Solomons to counter China

Australia’s new foreign minister has visited the Solomon Islands to assure the South Pacific island nation it does not need a security pact with China

The Independent UK

Australia supports Solomons' vaccines push

Australia has announced further health support for the Solomon Islands, as Foreign Minister Penny Wong visits the nation's capital Honiara.

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Solomon Islands seeks to reassure Australia on China security deal, Penny Wong announces 200,000 paediatric vaccines

Solomon Islands' Prime Minister seeks to reassure Australia there will not be a military base in the Pacific island nation, after Foreign Minister Penny Wong touches down in Honiara.

Reuters

Australia's foreign minister in Solomon Islands to discuss security concerns

Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong met with the Solomon Islands leader Manasseh Sogavare on Friday, the first visit to Honiara by the new Australian government amid concern over its Pacific neighbour's security pact with China.

Reuters

Australia has ground to make up on climate change - foreign minister

New Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Thursday that her visit to the Solomon Islands this week as well as trips to other countries in the region were due to her belief that Australia had ground to make up on the issue of climate change.

The Guardian - AU

New Zealand must engage in Pacific with humility, not entitlement

The row over the Solomon Islands’ proposed deal with China has exposed the toxic legacy of New Zealand’s past colonial incompetence

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The Guardian - AU

Penny Wong to meet Solomon Islands PM in effort to mend ties after China deal

Foreign affairs minister will first fly to New Zealand for talks with her counterpart Nanaia Mahuta

ABC News

Penny Wong to visit New Zealand, Solomon Islands amid concern over climate change, China security pact

Foreign Minister Penny Wong will travel to New Zealand and Solomon Islands this week to discuss climate change and regional security, in her third visit to the Pacific since being sworn in last month.

The Guardian - AU

New Zealand to boost maritime security with Solomon Islands amid China focus on Pacific

‘Small work plan’ is another signal of intensifying security interests in the region, in the wake of Beijing’s security deal with Honiara

Reuters

Australia's foreign minister Wong to travel to Solomon Islands amid concern over China security pact

Australia's foreign minister will travel to the Solomon Islands on Friday to meet with Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare amid concern over the regional impact of a security deal between the Pacific islands nation and China.

AAP

Foreign minister to visit Solomons, NZ

Penny Wong will make her first visits to New Zealand and the Solomon Islands as foreign minister as Australia continues to increase its focus on the Pacific.

ABC News

Xi Jinping announces plans to allow Chinese military to undertake 'armed forces operations' abroad

According to China's government, Xi Jinping has signed off on a set of new trial outlines that allow for Chinese "armed forces operations" that aren't war, and set a legal basis for the PLA to "safeguard China's national sovereignty, security and development interests".

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