China-Solomon Islands Pact, the US alarm: “No to Beijing’s military presence in the archipelago. We will respond to concerns”

BEIJING – “We respect the sovereignty of the Solomon Islands, but we also wanted to let them know that if steps were taken to establish a permanent Chinese military presence in fact, then we would have significant concerns and we will respond to these concerns ”. To say it is Daniel Kritenbrinkthe US person in charge of East Asian and Pacific affairs, who last Friday was part of the delegation led by Kurt CampbellBiden’s man for the Indo-Pacific visiting the archipelago that has just signed a security agreement with Beijing.