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  1. Australia strikes in-principle agreement with Solomon Islands for new treaty

    Australia and Solomon Islands have reached an in-principle agreement on a landmark new treaty, with a leaked text…
    #Australia #AU #Austrlia #Deal #SolomonIslands #Treaty
    europesays.com/australia/90223/

  2. 🇸🇧 “The biggest no-show was Matthew Wale, the Solomon Islands’ prime minister since mid-May. The outgoing chair of the PIF [Pacific Islands Forum], Mr Wale has been lobbying the forum to agree on a new treaty that would make it tougher for China to establish a military or police presence in PIF countries. But on the eve of the summit, three members of his cabinet resigned and filed a motion of no-confidence against him. Mr Wale rushed back to quell the parliamentary revolt. That left his proposed treaty without a champion in Palau.

    […]

    🇵🇼 Surangel Whipps, Palau’s president and a longtime critic of China’s attempts to buy influence in strategically important Pacific island states, told reporters that, weeks earlier, China had threatened unnamed consequences if Palau invited Taiwan.”

    economist.com/asia/2026/09/03/

    #PIF #PacificIslandsForum #SolomonIslands #Solomon #MatthewWale #Wale #SurangelWhipps #Whipps #Palau #Taiwan #China

  3. 🇸🇧 “The biggest no-show was Matthew Wale, the Solomon Islands’ prime minister since mid-May. The outgoing chair of the PIF [Pacific Islands Forum], Mr Wale has been lobbying the forum to agree on a new treaty that would make it tougher for China to establish a military or police presence in PIF countries. But on the eve of the summit, three members of his cabinet resigned and filed a motion of no-confidence against him. Mr Wale rushed back to quell the parliamentary revolt. That left his proposed treaty without a champion in Palau.

    […]

    🇵🇼 Surangel Whipps, Palau’s president and a longtime critic of China’s attempts to buy influence in strategically important Pacific island states, told reporters that, weeks earlier, China had threatened unnamed consequences if Palau invited Taiwan.”

    economist.com/asia/2026/09/03/

    #PIF #PacificIslandsForum #SolomonIslands #Solomon #MatthewWale #Wale #SurangelWhipps #Whipps #Palau #Taiwan #China