NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga — Australia said Pacific Island leaders meeting at a summit in Tonga endorsed a contentious regional policing plan Wednesday, a move seen as trying to limit China's security role in the region.
NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga — Australia said Pacific Island leaders meeting at a summit in Tonga endorsed a contentious regional policing plan Wednesday, a move seen as trying to limit China's security role in the region.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said leaders had agreed to establish up to four regional police training centers and a multinational crisis reaction force.
China tried and failed to ink a region-wide security pact in 2022, but has since been plying some under-resourced Pacific police forces with martial arts training and fleets of Chinese-made vehicles.Australia and longtime ally the United States were caught napping in 2022 when China secretly signed a security pact with Solomon Islands — the details of which have not been made public.
Island Leaders 'Endorse' Joint Policing Plan
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