STATEMENT FROM THE SOLOMON ISLANDS MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND EXTERNAL TRADE FOR NATION STATES TO RESPECT INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE UNITED NATIONS CHARTER

SOLOMON ISLANDS CALLS FOR ALL NATIONS AROUND THE WORLD TO RESPECT THE PRINCIPLES AND PURPOSES OF THE UNITED NATIONS CHARTER, IN PARTICUALR THE RESPECT FOR NATIONAL SOVEREIGNITY AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF ALL STATES.

SOLOMON ISLANDS REITERATES ITS RESPECT FOR THE ONE CHINA PRINCIPLE, AND THAT TAIWAN IS AN INALIENABLE PART OF CHINA. ANY EXTERNAL MILITARY SUPPORT TO TAIWAN THREATENS PEACE AND SECURITY IN THE TAIWAIN STRAITS. SOLOMON ISLANDS NOTES, MEASURES TAKEN BY CHINA IN PROTECTING ITS SOVEREIGNITY AGAINST EXTERNAL COMPANIES INVOLVING IN ARMING TAIWAN.

SOLOMON ISLANDS FURTHER CALLS FOR ALL STATES TO SUPPORT A MULTILATERAL RULES BASED ORDER, THAT IS GUIDED BY INTERNATIONAL LAW. AND REFRAIN FROM TAKING ANY UNILATERAL ACTION THAT INTERFERS INTO THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF ANOTHER STATE.

SOLOMON ISLANDS WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN ITS RELATIONS WITH ALL PEACE-LOVING STATES, AND STRENGTHEN COOPERATION WITH CHINA TO BUILD A COMMUNITY WITH A SHARED PEACEFUL AND PROGRESSIVE FUTURE.

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND EXTERNAL TRADE