The Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands explicitly ruled out the presence of a Chinese military base in his country. In an interview with the Guardian, Manasseh Sogavare said such a deal would undermine security in the region and make the Solomon Islands an enemy of other countries in the Indo-Pacific region. He added that it would make his country and its people a potential target for military strikes.
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