Solomon Islands

U.S. opens embassy in Solomon Islands to counter China

The United States has opened an embassy in the Solomon Islands in its latest move to counter China’s push into the Pacific.

U.K. Minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan says Australian submarines will assure neighbours

Strong quake rocks Solomon Islands, sends people fleeing

Australian PM Anthony Albanese wants to ask China's Xi Jinping to lift trade barriers

Solomon Islands suspends all naval visits

New Zealand’s Minister for Emergency Management Kieran McAnulty, U. S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, New Zealand’s Economic and Regional Development Minister Stuart Nash meet in Wellington, New Zealand, on August 9, 2022.

Deputy Secretary Wendy Sherman says U. S. ''doubling down'' on Pacific

New security pact would not allow China to build military base on South Pacific nation: Solomon Islands PM Manasseh Sogavare

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

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. File

Chinese FM Wang Yi to visit Solomon Islands amid security pact worry

More stories from this Topic

File image of Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare

Solomon Islands PM dismisses concerns over China maritime deal

Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne. File

Australian, Solomon Islands Ministers discuss China pact

Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison. File

China Solomon Islands security deal upends Australian election

Surprise alliance: China’s ambassador to the Solomon Islands Li Ming and the Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare during the opening ceremony of a China-funded national stadium complex in Honiara on April 22, 2022.

Explained | Why has the China-Solomon Islands deal become the latest flashpoint between China and the U.S.?

Ananth Krishnan

Growing ambitions: On China-Solomon Islands pact

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin. File

China, Solomon Islands sign landmark security pact

Ananth Krishnan

Security prospects: The Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare and the Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, on October 9, 2019.

Red star over Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare (left) and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang. File

China, Solomons ink draft of controversial security pact

Anna Powles. File

Document indicates China could boost military in Solomons

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken

U.S. aims to counter China by opening Solomon Islands embassy

If the ban goes ahead, the Solomons would join only a handful of countries around the world, including China, to actively restrict the world's biggest social networking platform.

Solomon Islands to pursue ban on Facebook after govt. criticism on platform: media

28 feared dead after Solomons ferry ignores storm warning

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

China establishes ties with Solomon Islands

Taiwan loses biggest Pacific ally as Solomons embraces China

In this December 9, 2016 picture, a man stands alongside a building belonging to the World Vision aid organisation that was damaged by an earthquake in Kirakira on the Solomon Islands.

Third strong quake in two weeks hits off Solomon Islands