Solomon Islands signs controversial policing pact with China
by Reuters from World news | The Guardian on (#6CVXY)
Solomons' prime minister, Manasseh Sogavare, meets with leaders as part of week-long visit to China
China and Solomon Islands have signed a deal on police cooperation as part of an upgrade of their relations to a comprehensive strategic partnership", four years after the Pacific country switched ties from Taiwan to Beijing.
The police cooperation pact was among nine deals signed as the prime minister of Solomon Islands, Manasseh Sogavare, met with the Chinese premier, Li Qiang, in Beijing, underlining the Solmons' foreign policy shift.
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