China News Service, Beijing, June 3. On June 3, local time, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Papua New Guinea Foreign Minister Eo Ao jointly met the press in Port Moresby.

  In response to a reporter's question about China's signing of a bilateral security framework agreement with the Solomon Islands and whether China plans to sign a regional security agreement with the island country during this visit, Wang Yi said that the Solomon Islands is an independent and sovereign country and has the right to sign bilateral agreements with other countries according to its own needs. This is in full compliance with international law and the practice of state-to-state exchanges.

In the 21st century, if you still want to interfere in Solomon's internal affairs and issue orders to Solomon, it is disrespect to the sovereign state.

The bilateral security framework agreement between China and Solomon was reached at the request of the Solomon Party and through equal negotiation according to the needs of the Solomon Party. The purpose is to assist Solomon in maintaining social stability.

China never imposes things, that's not our way of doing things.

But as long as our friends and partners are in need, China will lend a helping hand in a timely manner.

  Wang Yi said that some media exaggerated that China will sign a regional security agreement with island countries and regions, which is a fake news.

China came to the South Pacific region to build roads and bridges to improve people's livelihood, not to station troops or build military bases.

Instead of signing regional security agreements, China is willing to gather more regional cooperation consensus with island countries.

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