Solomon Islands will allow the U.S. Coast Guard to patrol its waters
During a visit to Washington, Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale said the country would sign an agreement allowing the U.S. Coast Guard to conduct patrols within its territorial seas, accompanied by local police officers aboard the vessels.
On Monday, during his visit to the United States, Prime Minister Matthew Wale (also known as Matthew Wale) held talks with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau, discussing potential investment projects in Bina Port along the coast of Malaita Island, one of the Solomon Islands' main islands.
The Solomon Islands government hopes to build a tuna processing plant there to expand exports.
According to the U.S. Department of State, Prime Minister Wale and Deputy Secretary Landau signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at facilitating the return of the U.S.-based independent development agency "Peace Corps" to the country and providing $6 million in funding for a project to clear unexploded ordnance left over from World War II.
As reported by the U.S. Department of State, Messrs. Wale and Landau signed a memorandum of understanding intended to facilitate the return of the U.S. Peace Corps—a specialized independent development assistance agency—to the region and to provide $6 million in funding for a project aimed at clearing unexploded ordnance left behind from World War II.
In recent years, the United States has established partnership agreements with multiple island nations across the South Pacific, allowing local police forces to accompany U.S. Coast Guard vessels on patrol missions.
Such operations have enabled law enforcement agencies in Vanuatu and Kiribati to intercept fishing vessels suspected of illegal activities within their respective exclusive economic zones (EEZs) in 2024.
Source: rfi
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