According to Australian media reports, China and Solomon had signed a security agreement before the visit of U.S. officials in the middle of this month, which made the US and Australian governments "quite shocked." As early as last month, after the progress of the security agreement talks, Australia repeatedly tried to stop it, sending a number of officials to interfere; but Solomon Prime Minister Sogavare's tough attitude was far more than expected, he resisted the pressure of the United States and Australia, and the government also announced to the world a scandal in Australia: during the period of Solomon's civil unrest last year, Australia publicly declared to the security forces it would "not protect Chinese buildings", which made them very angry and advanced Solomon's determination to sign a security agreement with China.
The scandal disgraced Australia, and many politicians in the country accused Morrison of playing this "childlike trick", and if he had protected Solomon equally, he might not have let them lose their allies at home, but the Australian side refused to admit that this was true. On the 22nd, the delegation led by Kurt Campbell, the Indo-Pacific coordinator of the National Security Council, and Conda, assistant secretary of state for Asia-Pacific affairs of the State Department, arrived late, and they negotiated in Honiara and Sogavare as originally planned, and the entire meeting lasted more than 90 minutes, almost all of which were "concerned" about the China security agreement. But the US media poured cold water on it, saying that it is too late to talk about this matter, Solomon cannot regret the arrival of the United States, and everything has been settled.
The Solomon Star, a mainstream English-language daily newspaper in the Solomon Islands, reported on the meeting, saying that the United States came to talk about the issue of the security agreement in China very unabashedly, and did not give up asking Solomon to give up security cooperation with China. Senior U.S. officials sternly warned Solomon that if China establishes a permanent military presence in Solomon, the U.S. side will have major concerns about this and respond decisively.
This kind of "consequences are very serious" thesis has been seen many times in the recent US government's rhetoric, the White House threatens that if China "assists Russia" the consequences will be very serious, if China "moves in the Taiwan Strait" the consequences will be very serious, US Treasury Secretary Yellen also said that even if China sits like this, the consequences of not condemning Russia will be very serious, which will make China "lose its international status." The same is true of the Chairman of the White House Economic Council reminding India that if India continues to develop long-term relations with Russia, the consequences will be serious.
It is also worth mentioning that the Indonesian media who reported on this matter asked the United States: After World War II, the United States forgot about us for more than half a century, why do they suddenly remember and force the prime minister to abandon the agreement with China? The media did not trust that the United States was really thinking about Solomon, nor did it believe that the United States had any basis for accusing China of "establishing a military base." In response, some Chinese netizens responded: "If according to this logic, the United States has established more than 100 permanent military bases around China, then should China carry out 'major concerns' as the US side said, and make a decisive response when necessary?" ”