31 March 2022
Solomon Islands Ministers of Foreign Affairs and External Trade Hon Jeremiah Manele and Minister of Police and National Security and Correctional Services, the Hon Anthony Veke jointly announced that officials of the Solomon Islands and the Peoples Republic of China have initialed elements of a bilateral Security Cooperation Framework between the two countries today.
The draft Framework Agreement will be cleaned up and await the signatures of the two countries' Foreign Ministers.
The Solomon Islands reiterate that the Framework of Cooperation is to respond to the Solomon Islands' soft and hard domestic threats. The Solomon Islands continue to roll out the implementation of its National Security Strategy and uphold its Foreign Policy of “Friends to all and enemies to none.”
The country will work with all partners in providing a safe and secure nation where all people are able to co-exist peacefully.
The Solomon Islands seeks greater security partnership with other partners and neighbors and once again expresses its deep gratitude and sincere appreciation to Australia, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, and Fiji for the presence of their Security Personnel in the Solomon Islands.
We thank their respective governments and people for the service of their professionals whom we welcome and acknowledge with a thankful heart.
Source – GCU.
Yours sincerely
Frank Short
