Australia says China pact would not end its Solomons security treaty | World

SYDNEY, April 17 — Australia’s foreign minister said today that a controversial security deal between the Solomon Islands and China would not spell the end of her country’s defence cooperation with the Pacific nation. Marise Payne told national broadcaster ABC that an existing bilateral...

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