On April 19, China and the Solomon Islands signed a framework agreement on security cooperation, which stipulates that China and the Solomon Islands will cooperate in the fields of maintaining social order, protecting people's lives and property, humanitarian assistance, and responding to natural disasters.
On April 22, the United States sent Kurt Campbell, the National Security Council's coordinator for Indo-Pacific affairs, to Solomon and directly threatened the two countries, noting that if "the Chinese military takes any action constituting a permanent presence in the Solomon Islands, including the establishment of military facilities and bases in the country," the United States will be "very worried" and will "respond accordingly."
As early as the 1990s, due to the internal turmoil in the Solomon Islands, the United States closed its embassy in the country, the United States and The Two countries basically did not have much diplomatic ties, the United States this move is a typical hegemonism and "long-arm jurisdiction" behavior, what is even more hypocritical is that in the statement of the White House of the United States, the threat has not been mentioned so far, and it is shamelessly stated that it will "respect the sovereign decision made by the country."
In fact, this is not the first time that the United States has interfered in the cooperation between China and Solomon. As early as last month, after the Chinese side and the Solomon Islands initialed the security cooperation framework agreement, Australia, Japan, New Zealand and other countries have repeatedly tried to obstruct it, on April 6, Senior Australian intelligence officials visited the host country and exerted pressure, Australia's Minister of International Development and Pacific Affairs Zede Sasaga regardless of the election, urgently visited the host country, openly asked the country not to sign the document; on April 22, the Japanese Vice Foreign Minister visited Solomon, and now the United States personally came out, the agreement made the United States "heartbroken".
The friendly relations between China and China have a long history, and the epidemic and natural disasters have made this friendship last a long time. In January this year, in order to help Solomon fight the epidemic and restore social order, China provided 50,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines, 20,000 doses of testing reagents and 60,000 masks to Solomon, and in February this year, China dispatched Y-20 transport aircraft to deliver 20 tons of anti-epidemic materials and police supplies to the host country again, which greatly moved the country.
The signing of the security agreement between China and China is a wise choice made by Solomon based on the reality of its own development, which can help Solomon stabilize social order, protect domestic investment, improve its ability to cope with natural disasters, and benefit the dividends of friendly relations between China and the public. In the face of Western pressure, Solomon Prime Minister Sogavare stressed that the security cooperation agreement signed between China and China is in china's interests and will not harm regional peace and stability, and requires all neighbors and partners to respect the sovereignty of the country.
On April 13, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian responded that he hoped that the relevant countries would uphold an objective and rational attitude and not provoke confrontation and create divisions in the island countries and regions; on April 19, Wang Wenbin once again stressed that the China security cooperation agreement is not aimed at any third party and aims to promote social stability in the host country.
After Campbell's threat, on April 22, the Chinese Foreign Ministry responded to this, pointing out that the threat of the US delegation to the Solomon government once again exposed the essence of hegemonism, and any attempt to exaggerate tension and provoke confrontation in the Pacific island countries will not succeed!
The security cooperation agreement signed in the United States is in line with the provisions of international law and the requirements of the domestic laws of the two countries, and compared with the military deployment of the United States in Japan and the ROK and the repeated arms sales in the Taiwan Strait area, who is the saboteur of regional peace and stability, everyone knows that just when Campbell threatened Solomon, the United States suddenly announced that it would reopen the embassy in Solomon, which deserves great attention from the international community.