Police in the Solomon Islands say they’ll be taking a “zero-tolerance” policy to any violence as the country’s parliament sits for the first time since last year’s deadly riots.
The November unrest in Honiara was partly seen as a response to China’s growing influence in the country, following the Government’s move in 2019 to sever ties with Taiwan and align with China.
Read more: Riot police guard Solomon Islands parliament after China security deal
PM Jacinda Ardern has confirmed NZDF personnel will travel to Europe to support intelligence work following the invasion of Ukraine.
The government is yet to decide if it will withdraw the Defence Force from the Solomons if troops or police from China are stationed there, the prime minister says.
Read more: Government unsure on keeping NZ presence in Solomons if China troops arrive
Economic fallout from the war in Ukraine is already being felt in New Zealand, with soaring fuel and food prices, a rising New Zealand dollar and widespread supply chain disruption, with worse expected in the coming months.
Chris Edwards, who is managing director of international air and sea freight logistics business Go Logistics, says supply chain disruption is even worse than when Covid-19 first hit.
Read more: War in Ukraine having immediate impact on NZ businesses, with ongoing fall out expected
The New Zealand First leader's comments follow revelations Solomon Islands is negotiating a security deal with China. Under the terms of a leaked draft agreement, Beijing could be allowed to base warships less than 2000km off Australia's east coast.
Read more: Winston Peters says NZ must 'try much harder' in Pacific
Yesterday the alarming news broke that the Solomon Islands is planning to sign a security agreement with the People’s Republic of China, opening the way for a permanent military base and intelligence listening posts. The new agreement has implications for the security of the whole of the Pacific.
Read more: Shock China security deal shows Pacific powers need to face facts
A Russian general has been killed in a strike near the southern city of Kherson in Ukraine after gloating the war would be over within hours.
Lt Gen Yakov Rezantsev - who was the commander of Russia's 49th combined army - was reportedly killed during a Ukrainian strike on the Chornobaivka airbase near Kherson.
Rockets struck the outskirts of the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Saturday for what appeared to be the first time since Russia's invasion, and Russian forces took control of a town where workers at the defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant live.
Intense fighting raged in several parts of Ukraine, suggesting there will be no swift let-up in the month-old war, and US President Joe Biden called Russia's Vladimir Putin a "butcher" after meeting Ukrainian refugees in Poland.
Read more: Russia-Ukraine war: Russians hit western Ukrainian city Lviv with rockets
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