Solomon Islands Voices ‘Concern’ Over Pacific Police Deal

Prime Minister of Tonga (C, front row) Hu’akavameiliku poses for a group picture with Pacific Island Forum (PIF) Leaders at the end of a retreat in Neiafu, Vava’u, Tonga on August 29, 2024. TUPOU VAIPULU / AFP

Solomon Islands on Friday aired reservations about a landmark Pacific policing deal brokered by Australia, saying it should not preclude them from working alongside newfound ally China.

“There is one thing that is not so much nagging us, but it’s of concern,” Foreign Minister Peter Agovaka told AFP on the sidelines of the Pacific Islands Forum in Tonga.

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