China s security treaty with the Solomon Islands will not lead to a military base there Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Thursday after talks at the Pacific Islands Forum in Fiji.
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has ruled out ever allowing a Chinese military base there, fearing it would make his nation the enemy and a target for military strikes.
The US have sent at least for of their B-2A stealth bombers to Queensland in a show of strength and support as Chinese military stalk another Australian Navy ship in international waters.