SYDNEY, May 5 ― Australia will respond calmly to the Solomon Islands after it signed a security pact with China, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said, dismissing a furious response by the leader of the Pacific nation to Western criticism of the deal.
Although details of the pact haven't been disclosed, Sogavare has ruled out a military base and said the deal covers policing to protect Chinese projects because an agreement with traditional partner Australia was “inadequate”. “We'll work constructively and patiently and we'll work in a professional way and a calm way,” Morrison told Nine Network's Today show.
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