The Diplomat: Solomon Islands Says It Will Not Allow China Military Base
A draft security deal raised alarm in Australia, New Zealand, and the U.S. Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare is trying to assuage those concerns.
Seeking to counter international fears over its new security alliance with China, the Solomon Islands said Friday it won’t allow China to build a military base there. But that insistence will do little to ease concerns about the pact from the nation’s traditional partners, including New Zealand, Australia, and the United States.
The leader of neighboring Micronesia added his voice to those expressing trepidation by invoking the bloody battles of World War II and warning that the pact could again see the South Pacific region become a battleground for much larger powers.
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Update #1: Solomon Islands won't allow Chinese military base, says PM's office (Reuters)
Update #2: Solomon Islands says China security deal won't include military base (AP)
WNU Editor: It looks like this treaty has a lot of opposition in the Solomon Islands .... Riot police guard Solomon Islands parliament after China security deal (1News).
They should allow the Chinese base.
ReplyDeleteWe need to make them a US possession
ReplyDeleteHell no, we should not maker them a US possession. that would give them all green cards
ReplyDeleteThere should be a plebiscite to join the US. And we should have plebiscite to see, if we want to take on some or all of their problems.
Treaties will do nicely otherwise.
If China builds a base way out there and if we have more initiative than them, they will be taken put piecemeal in case of war.
China want to have military bases everywhere as US. Well, this is not what they can reach quickly because this need a huge logistic. Only America have it so far and it is very, very costly.
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