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Solomon Islands — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata with Rep. Neal Dunn (R-FL) of the US House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party traveled to Solomon Islands, meeting with Solomon officials and community leaders earlier this week. In visiting Guadalcanal, Congresswoman Amata and...
BANGKOK — A U.S. Coast Guard cutter conducting patrols as part of an international mission to prevent illegal fishing was recently unable to get clearance for a scheduled port call in Solomon Islands, an incident that comes amid growing concerns of Chinese influence on the Pacific nation.
The...
Honiara, SOLOMON ISLANDS — The United States has drawn a line in the sand for Solomon Islands regarding its recently signed security cooperation agreement with China.
In a meeting on Friday, US National Security Council Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt Campbell conveyed Washington DC's concerns with...

![Congresswoman Amata along with Rep. Neal Dunn (R-FL) at the Coastwatchers Memorial in Honiara. The visit had special meaning to Amata as her father, Uifa’atali Peter T. Coleman as a young U.S. Army officer served in Solomon Islands for a time during World War II aboard a ship assigned to Army supply, and placing and supporting coastwatchers in the islands. [courtesy photo] Congresswoman Amata along with Rep. Neal Dunn](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/coastwatchers.jpg?itok=SXNiCJXU)
![In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, right, locks arms with visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Honiara, Solomon Islands on May 26. A U.S. coast guard cutter conducting patrols as part of an international mission to prevent illegal fishing was recently unable to get clearance for a scheduled port call in the Solomon Islands, according to reports, an incident that comes amid growing concerns of Chinese influence on the Pacific nation. [AP photo] PM Manasseh Sogavare and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ap_web.jpg?itok=DlpGjenI)
![Solomon Islands prime minister Manasseh Sogavare (right) with Li Ming, China's first ambassador to the Solomon Islands. [photo: George Herming - Government Communications Unit] Manasseh Sogavare and Li Ming](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/solomons_china_meet_web.jpg?itok=fhJs1DRc)