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Solomon Islands' Prime Minister Matthew Wale, right, signs a visitors book as Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese watches at Parliament House in Canberra, Wednesday, June 3, 2026. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)

New prime minister says Solomon Islands will review its secretive security treaty with China

The Solomon Islands’ new leader says the country will review its secretive security treaty with China.

During a tsunami advisory triggered by an underwater earthquake off the coast of Russia, Gaby Lazlo and Daniel Ramirez visit Ocean Beach in San Francisco on Tuesday, July 29, 2025. (Scott Strazzante/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese gestures during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)

Australia announces $118 million deal to enhance policing in Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele, second right, attends a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, fourth left, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Friday, July 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian, Pool)

Solomon Islands and China are strengthening ties in a worrying move for US and its Pacific allies

Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles looks on during a welcome ceremony ahead of the Australia and South Korea Foreign and Defence Ministers meeting in Melbourne, Australia, May 1, 2024. Marles pledged support to the Solomon Islands during a visit to the archipelago nation on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, as Canberra intensifies efforts to counter China's growing influence in the South Pacific. (Asanka Brendon Ratnayake/Pool Photo via AP)

Australia’s deputy prime minister pledges support to Solomon Islands during visit to Honiara

World’s largest coral found in the Pacific Ocean, near the Solomon Islands

The largest coral in the world has been found in the Solomon Islands. The coral, which is visible from space, is three times larger than the previous record-breaker, and is believed to be about 300 years old.

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Solomon Islands lawmakers elect Jeremiah Manele as new prime minister

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Solomon Islands prime minister says his visits to Australia and China focus on creating jobs

Candidate for prime minister Jeremiah Manele speaks during a news conference, Monday, April 29, 2024, in Honiara, Solomon Islands. Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare on Monday withdrew from the contest to remain head of the strategically important South Pacific island nation’s government following general elections two weeks ago that are central to the U.S.-China rivalry in the region. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation via AP)

Jeremiah Manele elected prime minister in Solomon Islands, which is likely to keep close China ties

In this image taken from video, outgoing Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare speaks during a news conference, Monday, April 29, 2024, in Honiara, Solomon Islands. Sogavare on Monday withdrew from the contest to remain head of the strategically important South Pacific island nation’s government following general elections two weeks ago that are central to the U.S.-China rivalry in the region. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation via AP)

Solomon Islands pro-Beijing prime minister won’t keep his job following elections

A man casts his vote during the Solomon Islands elections in a village on the island of San Cristobal, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. Voting has closed across Solomon Islands on Wednesday in the South Pacific nation's first general election since the government switched diplomatic allegiances from Taiwan to Beijing and struck a secret security pact that has raised fears of the Chinese navy gaining a foothold in the region. (AP Photo/Charley Piringi)

Solomon Islanders cast votes in an election that will shape relations with China

Voters board the already overcrowded Fair Glory ferry in Honiara, Solomon Islands, Saturday, April 13, 2024, heading to Malaita Island to vote in a national election. The country in which China has gained most influence in the South Pacific, Solomon Islands, goes to the polls on Wednesday in an election that could shape the region's future. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)

Solomon Islands’ elections could impact China’s influence in the South Pacific

FILE - President Joe Biden, center, poses for a photo with Pacific Island leaders on the North Portico of the White House in Washington, Sept. 29, 2022. From left, New Caledonia President Louis Mapou, Tonga Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni, Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr., Tuvalu Prime Minister Kausea Natano, Micronesia President David Panuelo, Fiji Prime Minister Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama, Biden, Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape, Marshall Islands President David Kabua, Samoa Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa, French Polynesia President Edouard Fritch and Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Tonga’s prime minister says he’s open to Chinese help with security support at an upcoming summit

FILE - Chinese President Xi Jinping talks to Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands Manasseh Sogavare, not pictured, during their meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019. Beijing is increasingly targeting its South Pacific political allies with its shrinking aid budget as competition intensifies with the United States for influence in the region, Sydney’s Lowy Institute has reported in its latest annual analysis of regional assistance.(Parker Song/Pool Photo via AP, File)

China’s declining aid to Pacific islands increasingly goes to allies, think tank reports

In this photo provided by the Australian Defence Force a AC-130 Hercules aircraft practices landing on the dirt airstrip at Benning Field during Exercise Northern Station 2007 near Townsville, Australia, Sept. 25, 2007. Australia said Monday, July 24, 2023, it will buy 20 new C-130 Hercules from the United States in a 9.8 billion Australian dollar ($6.6 billion) deal that will increase by two-thirds the size of the Australian air force’s fleet of its second-largest heavy transport aircraft. (ADF via AP)

Australia to buy 20 C-130 Hercules aircraft from the US for $6.6 billion

Visiting Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare speaks during a bilateral meeting with his Chinese counterpart Li Qiang at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Monday, July 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, Pool)

Solomon Islands leader hits back at criticism of deepening security ties with China

Visiting Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, left, shakes hands with his Chinese counterpart Li Qiang after they witnessed signing on agreement for both countries at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Monday, July 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, Pool)

China signs pact with Solomon Islands to boost cooperation on ‘law enforcement and security matters’

Visiting Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, left, shakes hands with his Chinese counterpart Li Qiang after they witnessed signing on agreement for both countries at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Monday, July 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, Pool)

Solomon Islands leader visits Beijing, highlighting US-China rivalry in South Pacific

FILE - A ship is docked at the Port of Los Angeles on Nov. 21, 2022. A confidential document obtained by The Associated Press shows the International Chamber of Shipping advised its national branches in March that member companies should "give careful consideration to the possible implications" before committing to a new plan to reduce maritime emissions. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Shipping lobby group advises caution on climate targets

In this photo provided by the U.S. Embassy Honiara, Taylor Ruggles, director for the East Asia and the Pacific region of the U.S. State Department, from left, Colin Beck, permanent secretary of the Solomon Islands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, and Russell Comeau, Chargé d’Affaires ad interim of the U.S. Embassy Honiara, attend an flag raising ceremony to celebrate the opening of the embassy in Honiara of the Solomon Islands, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. (U.S. Embassy Honiara via AP)

US opens embassy in Solomon Islands to counter China

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks as he poses for photos with Pacific Island leaders, including Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, right, on the North Portico of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. The Biden administration is plowing ahead with plans to re-open the U.S. embassy in the Solomon Islands in a bid to counter China’s increasing assertiveness in the Pacific. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

US moves to reopen Solomon Islands embassy to counter China

People gather outside shuttered stores in Honiara, Solomon Islands, following an earthquake, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022. A powerful earthquake jolted the Solomon Islands Tuesday afternoon, overturning tables and sending people racing for higher ground. (AP Photo/Charley Piringi)

Strong quake rocks Solomon Islands, sends people fleeing

FILE - A man walks past a development site for a Chinese Investment bank in Nuku'alofa, Tonga, April 10, 2019. Beijing was targeting its Pacific aid to new diplomatic allies Solomon Islands and Kiribati while Chinese financial support across the region continued to decline, the Lowy Institute has reported, Monday, Oct. 31, 2022, in its latest annual analysis of regional aid. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)

Report: China targets 2 diplomatic allies with Pacific aid

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, right, and Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare shake hands ahead of a bilateral meeting at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)

Solomon Islands leader rules out China base in his country

Solomon Islands Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele addresses a media conference at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. Solomon Islands agreed to sign an accord between the United States and more than a dozen Pacific nations only after indirect references to China were removed, the Solomon Islands foreign minister said Tuesday. (Mark Mitchell/New Zealand Herald via AP)

Solomon Islands agreed to accord after China references axed

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, second left, interacts with members of the public as he walks in central Sydney after a press briefing, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. Albanese announced a square in honor of the late queen and that he will be taking to London the leaders of Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Tuvalu with him along with 10 ordinary people from each country to attend the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Australia to take South Pacific leaders to UK royal funeral

In an image taken from video, Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape speaks during a ceremony marking the passing of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022, in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea leaders held a ceremony on Tuesday to farewell Queen Elizabeth II and to proclaim King Charles III as the country’s new head of state. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation via AP)

King Charles III proclaimed Papua New Guinea head of state

FILE - Ships are docked offshore in Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands, Nov. 24, 2018. Lawmakers in the Solomon Islands voted Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, to delay their nation's general election from next year until 2024, a move that opponents say amounts to a power grab and that some fear could lead to further civil unrest. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Solomon Islands to delay election, raising fears of unrest

FILE - The USNS Mercy hospital ship enters the Port of Los Angeles, March 27, 2020. The Solomon Islands government on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, asked countries to not send naval vessels to the South Pacific nation until approval processes are overhauled. The U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Mercy is currently in Honiara. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

Australia says its navy can resume visits to Solomon Islands

FILE - The USNS Mercy hospital ship enters the Port of Los Angeles, March 27, 2020. The Solomon Islands government on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, asked countries to not send naval vessels to the South Pacific nation until approval processes are overhauled. The U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Mercy is currently in Honiara. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

Biden to host Pacific Island summit with wary eye on China

FILE - Ships are docked offshore in Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands, Nov. 24, 2018. The Solomon Islands government on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, asked countries to not send naval vessels to the South Pacific nation until approval processes are overhauled. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Solomon Islands asks navies not to send ships pending review

FILE - In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, right, locks arms with visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Honiara, Solomon Islands on May 26, 2022. A U.S. coast guard cutter conducting patrols as part of an international mission to prevent illegal fishing was recently unable to get clearance for a scheduled port call in the Solomon Islands, according to reports, an incident that comes amid growing concerns of Chinese influence on the Pacific nation. (Xinhua via AP, File)

US Coast Guard cutter is denied port call in Solomon Islands

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, left, hands New Zealand Economic and Regional Development Minister Stuart Nash a NASA t-shirt Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022, during an agreement-signing event in Wellington, New Zealand. The United States is doubling down on its investment in the Pacific, said Sherman on Tuesday as she concluded a five-nation visit to the region. (AP Photo/Nick Perry)

Deputy Secretary Sherman says US ‘doubling down’ on Pacific

In this photo provided by the New Zealand Defence Force, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman speaks at a dawn service at Bloody Ridge as part of commemorations to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Guadalcanal near Honiara, Solomon Islands, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022. A Japanese sailor was attacked during the World War II memorial service that was also attended by U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman. (Petty Officer Chris Weissenborn/NZDF via AP)

US official says Solomon Islands leader ‘missed opportunity’

FILE - Manasseh Sogavare, Prime Minister of Solomon Islands attends a Lowy Institute event in Sydney, Australia, Aug. 14, 2017. The government of the Solomon Islands has taken more direct control over the nation's state-owned broadcaster, a move that opponents say is aimed at controlling and censoring the news. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)

Solomon Islands takes tighter control over state broadcaster

FILE - A display case of photos is seen outside the Chinese Embassy in Honiara, Solomon Islands on April 2, 2022. A Chinese state-owned company is negotiating to buy a forestry planation with a deep-water port and World War II airstrip in Solomon Islands, as concerns continue that China wants to establish a naval foothold in the South Pacific country. (AP Photo/Charley Piringi, File)

Chinese company eyes Solomon Islands deep-water port

Admiral John Aquilino, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, addresses a news conference at the Pukeahu National War Memorial Park in Wellington, New Zealand, Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. Admiral Aquilino is visiting Wellington as the U.S. is looking to increase its presence in the region amid deep concerns over China's growing ambitions in the Pacific. (Mark Mitchell/New Zealand Herald via AP)

US seeks to expand ties with New Zealand amid China worries

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