From the Solomon Islands’ perspective, the separate agreement with China may have appealed, as it allowed the country to diversify its security relationship and leverage political posturing in ...

The Solomon Islands' biggest aid donor, Australia provided policing support for national elections in April. China also has a policing presence on the archipelago, strategically located 1,600 km ...

Australia's deputy prime minister, Richard Marles, pledged support to the Solomon Islands during a visit as part of an effort to counter China's growing influence in the South Pacific.

The Solomon Islands government noted that agreement in their statement Friday, saying it will “continue to preserve its Security Agreement with Australia as it develops and deepen its relations ...

“Australia sought to be the Solomons’ go-to security partner and had to work to earn that right. Hence, going to Solomon Islands quickly,” said Marles, who is also Australia's defense minister.

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare is among four leaders who will not attend the annual Pacific Islands Forum meeting, instead sending a minister as he prepares to host the games ...

Australia had expressed strong concern at the prospect of China's security presence in Solomon Islands in 2022, when a security pact was struck between those two countries.

Australia is willing to extend the presence of Australian police and defence personnel in the Solomon Islands beyond 2023, including to provide security for next year's national elections, which ...

In this case, there was an added dimension. The Solomon Islands had made a decision in 2019 to cease recognising Taiwan and switch its allegiance to Beijing.

Navy vessels from Australia and New Zealand will be exempt from a temporary ban on foreign ships entering the ports of the Solomon Islands, the Pacific island nation's prime minister told ...

September 9, 2022 Dunderheaded Diplomacy: Australia’s Funding Offer to the Solomon Islands Binoy Kampmark Photograph Source: Irene Scott/AusAID – CC BY 2.0 ...

CANBERRA, Australia — Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare on Friday blamed foreign interference over his government’s decision to switch alliances from Taiwan to Beijing for anti ...