SOLOMON ISLANDS              

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Context

• The Solomon Islands has signed a policing deal with China and will send a proposal for a broader security agreement covering the military to its Cabinet for consideration.

About

• Solomon Islands is a sovereign country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and northwest of Vanuatu.
• The Solomon Islands are famous as a battleground of World War II, the pivotal Battle of Guadalcanal named after the country’s largest island where the restive capital Honiara is located.
• It was then known as the British Solomon Islands Protectorate and became the Solomon Islands before independence in 1978.

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