China and the Solomon Islands have signed a framework agreement on security cooperation, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Wang Wenbin said on Tuesday. The confirmation came a day after Washington discouraged a security agreement between the countries, with top US diplomats headed to the South Pacific this week to curb Beijing's inroads. A draft version of the agreement, leaked last month, rattled Western governments with provisions allowing for Chinese security and naval deployments to the crisis-hit Pacific island nation. According to the draft, armed Chinese police could be deployed at the Solomon Islands' request to maintain "social order". Watch this report for more. #China #AUKUS #India #QUAD #PMModi #SolomonIsland #Xijinping #Pacific #Military #Trending #Viral #Worldnews #Trend #News #Australia #Biden #PLA
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