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From July 9 to 15, Solomon Islands Prime Minister Menasi Sogavare will pay an official visit to China. This is Prime Minister Sogavare's second visit to China after four years.
According to a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, during the visit, the leaders of the two countries will have an in-depth exchange of views on bilateral relations and international and regional issues of common concern. In addition to Beijing, Prime Minister Sogavare will also visit Jiangsu and Guangdong.
Archem Jaling, an expert at the Southeast Asia, Australia and Oceania Center of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, said in an interview with the Russian Satellite News Agency that Sogavare's visit to China is "both for the Oceania region and for the entire global south. Major event".
Jaling said, "Honiara adheres to a policy of diplomatic diversity. This visit, which took place immediately after the Independence Day of the Solomon Islands, is largely symbolic because Honiara uses it to express its policy of independence and sovereignty."
Jia Ling also said, "Sogavare's visit to China is long-awaited, because consolidating the relations between China and China means gradual docking, including the economic docking between Oceania and Eurasian countries."
According to the report, the southern Pacific island countries hope to take advantage of new development opportunities and intend to have their own place in a multi-level world. Strengthening cooperation with China, Russia, India and ASEAN countries will play a positive role in the political status and economic development of Oceania countries.
Jia Ling believes that the relationship between China and Oceania has the value of self-sufficiency. "China is gradually developing economic and political cooperation with Oceania countries, and is responding to the diversification of diplomatic routes."
A spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry pointed out on the 6th that since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the Solomon Islands, bilateral relations have developed rapidly and achieved fruitful results, benefiting the two peoples and promoting regional peace, stability and development. China is willing to take this visit as an opportunity to deepen political mutual trust, expand practical cooperation, strengthen people-to-people exchanges, and push China-China relations to a new level.