Solomon Islands says security pact will not allow China to build military base Solomon Islands

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Solomon Islands says security pact will not allow China to build military base | Solomon Islands Solomon Islands has said it won’t allow China to build a military base as it seeks to counter international fears over its new security alliance with China. But that insistence will do little to ease concerns about the pact from the nation’s traditional partners that include New Zealand , Australia and the United States. The leader of Micronesia added his voice to those expressing trepidation by invoking the bloody battles of the second world war and warning that the pact could again see the...