The Australian media said that the Solomon Islands refused to issue a visa to Australia, Prime Minister Australia: processing through diplomatic channels

[Global Times Comprehensive Report] The Australian News reported on the 11th that the Solomon Islands refused to issue visas to 5 Australian consultants, but approved at least six Chinese consultants to enter the country based on the security agreement signed with Beijing. The Australian Sky News also reported the news on the same day, the anchor of the station Chris Smith said it could only be interpreted as a "direct and disrespectful neglect" of Australia. The Solomon Islands have not responded to this.

According to the Australian News, the Australian Prime Minister Albonese will have the first face -to -face talks with the Soloma Prime Minister Sogovre at the Pacific Islands Forum Leadership Meeting at Fiji this week. Pacific counterparts, Australia's aid "has no additional conditions." Regarding Honeyla's refusal to issue a visa to Australia, Albonese told the Australian News that he would deal with these issues through diplomatic channels.

According to reports, these Australian assistants are employed by the official development assistance plan to support the governance and economic reform of the Solomon Islands. Four of them applied for in June, and one consultant has been waiting for the Solomon Islands to issue visas since March Essence The Australian side said that the visa arrangement of the five consultants is waiting for the Solomon Islands for approval. The Solomon Islands have allowed Australian assistants to enter during the epidemic, but the consultants are now facing delays.

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According to the Australian News, this visa is usually approved quickly, but recently, the Solomon Islands recently signed a development cooperation agreement with Australia in 1994. These consultants will work in several government agencies instead of work in specific ministries and commissions. Questions about their identity. The report believes that this dynamic is worrying and regards this rejection as a reflection of the Solomon Islands that will be closer to China. The report also quoted the Solomon Islands' opposition leader Well, saying that Sogovre was not surprising, because he had "slowed down" US diplomatic project personnel to enter the country. (Wu Ming)

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