Posted on 05/08/2022 4:27:26 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19
A meeting between Australia’s foreign minister, Marise Payne, and her Solomons Islands counterpart for the first time since a security pact with China was signed overshadowed campaign announcements on Saturday.
On day 27 of the campaign, and just two weeks out from the federal election, the prime minister, Scott Morrison, was campaigning in Perth, while the Labor leader, Anthony Albanese, was in Tasmania.
Morrison said the meeting between Payne and Jeremiah Manele in Brisbane reinforced Australia’s role in the region.
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“There was the opportunity for a meeting to take place here, and that was a sensible opportunity to take up.”
But the prime minister did not comment on why it took so long for the meeting to take place following news of the security pact.
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Every nation that allows a thought that China could be a security partner would do well to consider how China treats her own citizens. On more than one occasion, China has been willing to and has deliberately starved millions of Chinese when it was deemed expedient. Indeed, you can trust China when the chips are down.
I’m curious who the Solomon Islands thought was going to
invade, so much so that they needed China’s protection.
China perhaps?
Is this simply a “protection money” situation?
Smile...
Solomon Islands are key in the Pacific for one reason. You cannot supply or reinforce Australia without them.
They didn’t get what they wanted from the US or Australia, so they cut a deal with China. The good news is they got the money. The bad news is that they have made themselves a giant War target.
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