Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare is hoping to establish a permanent security arrangement with Beijing to deal with “internal threats.”
The prime minister made the comments after a five-month training arrangement wrapped up between the China Police Liaison Team, and the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force and Correctional Services of Solomon Islands.
Speaking on July 1 at a training demonstration, Sogavare said he looked forward to identifying gaps that were supposedly exploited by protestors in November last year.
“Whilst we have MOUs in place, I think it is prudent that the Solomon Islands and the Peoples Republic of China start a discussion on how we can elevate the current joint training arrangement to a more permanent arrangement with clearly defined expected outcomes,” he said in comments obtained by The Island Sun newspaper….