High-ranking government officials from Japan, the United States, Australia and New Zealand meet in Hawaii over China's announcement that it has signed a security agreement with the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific, serious for the free and open order of the Indo-Pacific region. We shared the concern that it would be a risk.
At a press conference on the 19th, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China announced that it had signed a security agreement with the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific, saying that it would cooperate in maintaining social order, humanitarian assistance and responding to natural disasters. is.
Under these circumstances, senior government officials from four countries, Japan, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand, met in Hawaii on the 18th and continued to be involved in the island nations of the Pacific Ocean to solve issues such as maritime security and climate change. I confirmed that I would go.
He then shared concerns that the agreement between China and the Solomon Islands poses a serious risk to the free and open order of the Indo-Pacific region.