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by rumbeando Wed Apr 27, 2022 7:32 pmThe Solomon Islands prime minister confirmed his government has signed a new security agreement with China despite calls from Australia not to sign the pact. https://t.co/UBBkYvhlXP
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 20, 2022
For the first time in decades, the actions of a foreign state have taken center stage in an Australian election campaign, analysts said, as China's security pact with the Solomon Islands reverberates into neighbor Australia's domestic politics https://t.co/DZ2WmLWyp9 pic.twitter.com/wJHVkAmB9E
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 27, 2022
In the middle of an election campaign, Defence Minister Peter Dutton tells Australians to "prepare for war". He compared China with Nazi Germany in the 1930s. Australia has no enemies, none, zero. But it speaks for its master in Washington. Read on:https://t.co/dSRhu5b23i
— John Pilger (@johnpilger) April 25, 2022
So China having a base in the Solomon Islands is a "threat" to Australia, 2000km away, but Ukraine potentially joining NATO and being trained and given weapons by NATO is not a threat, it's "Putin propaganda"?
— Richard Medhurst (@richimedhurst) April 25, 2022
"Prime Minister Sogavare reiterated his specific assurances that there would be no military base, no long-term presence, and no power projection capability, as he has said publicly."https://t.co/zDNC38yxlg
— Richard Medhurst (@richimedhurst) April 25, 2022
