What Has Changed in the Negotiation With the Solomon Islands?

Solomon Islands has an existing security agreement with China. There were reports that the Solomon Islands were refusing to sign the agreement. A CFO do this morning of all the nations just before their dinner and Solomon's Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare is standing right next to Joe Biden. So, yeah, what's interesting is that in the 11th point declaration of partnership that US has signed with 14 Pacific Islands nations,. It's on that agreement. And they're definitely ties in with the overall approach of China to support economic developmentthat as they say, any interference in sovereign politics.