China and the Solomon Islands recently officially signed an intergovernmental security cooperation framework agreement. This matter not only triggered strong reactions from the United States and Australia, but even Japan began to attempt to intervene.

Source: Global Network

[Global Network Report] China and Solomon Islands recently officially signed an intergovernmental security cooperation framework agreement. This matter not only triggered strong reactions from the United States and Australia, but even Japan began to attempt to intervene. After the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on the 25th that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had sent a ministry official to the Solomon Islands, it released another news on the 28th that Japanese and Australian foreign ministerial officials held a telephone talk on the same day, claiming that the two sides expressed their so-called "concern" about the China Agreement.

Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that at around 4 pm local time on the 28th, Japanese Foreign Minister Lin Fang held a telephone conversation with Australian Foreign Minister Maris Payne . The two discussed the framework agreement on security cooperation between the China and the Institute of Governments. The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs also claimed that "(China-Australia Agreement) may have an impact on the overall security guarantee in the Pacific region. From this perspective, the two expressed their concerns between Japan and Australia on this matter and confirmed that they would continue to intervene in the Solomon Islands 'appropriate'."

Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs also stated that the talks mentioned taking advantage of the summit of the "Quad-party Security Dialogue" mechanism held in May and other opportunities to further strengthen cooperation among allies. To this end, the two confirmed that Japan and Australia will continue to work closely together.

Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on the 25th that it would send Kentaro Uesugi to visit the Solomon Islands from the 25th to the 27th, and Uesugi met with Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands on the 26th, Menassi Sogavare . The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that during the talks, Uesugi claimed that Japan expressed concern about the framework agreement on security cooperation between China and the Institute of Governments and conveyed Japan's ideas to the other side.

Japanese media recently revealed that officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will visit the Solomon Islands. In this regard, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian responded on the 22nd, "I don't know why the Solomon Islands have suddenly become a hot topic recently." Not only do the United States have to visit, but also Japan has to visit. We do not object to the development of normal friendly and cooperative relations between countries, but we hope that they will not target third parties when developing bilateral relations.

The United States and Australia responded strongly to the agreement in response to the China-Institute Security Cooperation Framework Agreement, and Japan has also begun to attempt to intervene. Australian Prime Minister Morrison claims that China's establishment of an military base in the Solomon Islands will touch the so-called "red line" of the Australian government.

In response to Morrison's statement, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin responded on the 25th that China-Institute security cooperation is based on the principles of mutual equality, mutual benefit and win-win results, and is within the scope of the sovereignty of the two countries. It is in line with the international law of and international practices, open and transparent, reasonable and legal, and cannot be blamed. The so-called China's establishment of a military base in Solomon is completely fake news fabricated by a few people with ulterior motives. Wang Wenbin also said that the United States and Australia accused the China-Australia security cooperation framework agreement of lack of transparency, but the US-UKUS Trilateral Security Partnership Agreement (AUKUS) is a non-public and opaque undercover operation. We have to ask, when will the United States, Britain and Australia submit AUKUS to regional countries including the South Pacific for review?