Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will at the moment meet the chief of the Solomon Islands towards a backdrop of considerations in regards to the Pacific nation's hyperlinks to China.
Albanese and Solomon Islands PM Manasseh Sogavare will maintain talks in Canberra six months after Sogavare signed a controversial safety pact with China.
It is going to seemingly be a topic up for dialogue amid concern by Australia and the US over China's rising affect within the Pacific area.
The Solomon Islands and China signed a controversial safety deal in April, which raised considerations that Beijing may set up a naval base within the Solomons, which lie lower than 2000km from the coast of Queensland.
The choice by Sogavare final month to delay the Solomon Islands election has additionally been a diplomatic headache.
Regardless of a suggestion from Australia to assist pay for it, Sogavare accused the Albanese authorities of attempting to intrude within the nation's democracy.
Forward of the assembly, Albanese famous the significance of Australia's relationship with the Pacific nation.
"Our relationship with Solomon Islands is extremely essential," Albanese mentioned.
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"As members of the Pacific Household, we're dedicated to working collectively to face our shared challenges and obtain our shared targets, together with on local weather change.
"I sit up for participating with Prime Minister Sogavare on constructing a robust and affluent Pacific area, primarily based on ideas of transparency, respect and partnership."
The leaders will meet at Parliament Home at the moment earlier than Albanese hosts the Solomon Islands PM in a dinner at The Lodge.
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