Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, in a fiery speech to parliament, again defended Solomon's security pact with China, slamming civil society groups attacking the pact as being manipulated by foreign powers . He said by signing the treaty, Solomon Islands was "on the right side of history".

In addition, Sogavare also accused Australia and its Western allies of deliberately sabotaging the country's government by buying local proxies, and even threatening to launch "military intervention" in the Solomon Islands after China signed a security treaty. Without naming names, he told parliament that the country was facing the threat of an invasion and "the situation is very serious right now".

Regarding Sogavare's various criticisms, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison avoided it when he responded on the 5th, only saying that he would continue to cooperate with the Solomon Islands government as always, and Australia regards all Pacific Islands countries as "family". According to a report by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) on the 4th, Sogavare criticized the so-called civil society groups in the Solomon Islands in a parliamentary speech, saying that they have become "prey of the Western world".

Since China and the Solomon Islands formally signed a security agreement in mid-April, these civil society groups have been critical, citing concerns that Chinese troops or police might enter the country in the future to suppress protests. Sogavare told parliament that these people were "racists" and "paranoid" who were manipulated by "foreign masters" and harbored deep hostility towards China. In his speech, Sogavare praised China, saying "there are no beggars" on the streets of China's major cities, which is very different from the situation in the West.

He also said that faith is "thriving" in China, where there are more than 120 million true Christians, which is more than the population of Australia, New Zealand and all of the Pacific island nations combined. "Yes, there will be rules, there will be restrictions. But Christianity thrives precisely because they obey the authorities." Sogavare said that by signing a security deal with China, he had placed Solomon Islands in the "The Right Side of History".

He said that some so-called "partners" of Solomon Islands had "obvious hypocrisy" in handling relations with Solomon Islands. They bought some domestic "agents" to create difficulties for the Solomon Islands government with improper reasons. Subsequently, Sogavare began to name Australia. He said the Solomon Islands were seen by Australia as armed "kindergarteners". "This attitude is very insulting and therefore totally unacceptable. We are seen as kindergarten students walking around with Colt 45s in our hands and need to be supervised."

Moreover, since the Solomon Islands signed a security treaty with China, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has hyped that China's establishment of a military base in the Solomon Islands will touch the "red line" of the Australian government. An Australian analyst also issued a "threat" that if China establishes a military base, The Australian government may launch a military invasion of the Solomon Islands. According to Sogavare, these circumstances indicate that Solomon Islands has received a "warning of military intervention". "In other words, we were threatened with an intrusion. It's a serious situation now."

According to Australia's Channel 9 News Network, Australian Prime Minister Morrison responded to Sogavare's speech in an interview on the 5th. However, he avoided all criticism of Australia and did not clarify issues such as "military aggression".

Morrison simply said: "As always, I will work constructively with the Solomon Islands government. We will deal with the many challenges in the Pacific professionally, calmly and rationally." He said Australia sees all these Pacific islands as "family" ". The report said that no Australian leader has explicitly proposed military intervention in the Solomon Islands. It is worth noting that since China and the Solomon Islands formally signed a bilateral security cooperation framework agreement, the media and government officials of Western countries such as Australia have been hyping up China's possible establishment of a military base in the Solomon Islands.

In this regard, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin refuted on April 25. Wang Wenbin said that the security cooperation between China and Solomon Islands is based on the principles of mutual equality, mutual benefit and win-win results. Reasonable and lawful, beyond reproach. The so-called "China is building a military base in Solomon" is completely fake news made up by a few people with ulterior motives.

Wang Wenbin emphasized that the South Pacific island country is an independent sovereign country, not the "backyard" of the United States and Australia. Trying to copy the Monroe Doctrine to the South Pacific region is unpopular and will not work at all.Editor/XuNing