The Solomon Islands has signed a policing deal with China and will send a proposal for a broader security agreement covering the military to its Cabinet for consideration, an official of the Pacific island nation’s government said on Thursday.
The arrangements are likely to concern the U.S., which said in February it would open an Embassy in the Solomon Islands.
The Solomon Islands switched diplomatic ties from Taiwan to Beijing in 2019, which partly fuelled discontent that led to riots in the capital, Honiara, in November.
Australia has historically provided security support to the Solomon Islands.
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