Regarding the security agreement between #China and the #SolomonIslands, the West forgot that "sovereign states have the right to make their own decisions and choose their own alliances" (so they supported Ukraine for example)

China's FM will make "historic" visit to #SolomonIslands this week amid US, Australian fears

The Solomon Islands government says it will stick to its "friend to all and enemy to none" policy.

#SolomonIslands rules out the deployment of a Chinese military base and will only go to Beijing if there are "gaps" that Australia cannot fill

#SolomonIslands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has said that foreign military installations will never be established in his country, an apparent reference to a security pact he signed with China earlier this year.

Sogavare made his comments during a meeting with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Canberra on Thursday, the state-run Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC) reported