‘Very disturbing’: Emails reveal US threat to Sino-Solomon deal
U.S. foreign aid officials have reacted with alarm to the news of a controversial security agreement between China and the Solomon Islands, calling the agreement “extremely disturbing” and “unfortunate.” Indicates newly issued internal emails.
Emails received from Al Jazeera’s Freedom of Information request show how US Agency for International Development (USAID) officials were reluctant to respond to reports earlier this year that Beijing is seeking to strengthen security ties with the small Pacific island nation. .
The governments of China and Solomon Islands formally signed the controversial agreement in mid-April, despite concerns raised by the United States, Australia and New Zealand, which feared the establishment of a Chinese military base on the strategically located peninsula. Are The fiercest battle in World War II.
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Both Beijing and Honiara have denied any intention of establishing a military base under the agreement, a draft of which has been leaked allowing Chinese warships to visit and Chinese police to be deployed. “Honiara’s request to retain.
Reacting to a March 28 New York Times article about the proposed agreement, Ryan Washburn, USAID’s mission director for the Philippines, the Pacific Islands and Mongolia, expressed concern about the agreement.
“Yeah! That’s very disturbing,” he told colleagues in an email.
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