From Foreign Waters

When word of a draught security pact granting Chinese military and police substantial access to the Solomon Islands surfaced in March, it reignited interest in China 's Pacific ambitions. Australia and NewZealand , the Solomon Islands' traditional security partners, as well as other Pacific states and the United States, were taken aback by the news. This week, while Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi was on a 10-day trip to the Pacific, word leaked that Beijing was attempting to secure a broad economic security agreement with ten countries, which would result in a substantial extension of its regional dominance. What concerns Australia, New Zealand, and the United States? All three countries have expressed fears that a stronger Chinese security presence in the Pacific might destabilise the region, with the Solomons pact posing the greatest risk of China establishing a military facility on the islands, which are only 2,000 kilometres from Australia's east coast. Beijing ...

A SEAN has always maintained its no interference policy for its member states but Malaysia this urges the organization to make an exception and interfere in the internal matters of Myanmar which is experiencing total exploitation of human rights under the leadership of the military. The Association of SouthEast Asian Nations must act on Myanmar's situation and rethink its decades long non-interference in the affairs of its member states as there are many incidences of human rights crisis in the nation urged the top Malaysian Foriegn Minister Saifuddin Abdullah. The leader of Myanmar junta was excluded from an upcoming regional submit, which is one of its king moves for the organisation. Instead of the military leader, a non-political figure will be invited to take the matters forward. Malaysia urges Asean to rethink non-interference policy amid Myanmar crisis https://t.co/RXZoF8Y3YT — South China Morning Post (@SCMPNews) October 21, 2021 The decision was taken on Friday ...