The Epoch Times By
Chinese security forces have taken advantage of a recently signed-off security pact with the Solomon Islands and are conducting training courses for the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) in Honiara.
The current course, which runs for two weeks, will see a Chinese Police Liaison Team training 16 officers from the RSIPF’s Close Personal Protection Unit and Police Band in protection technical skills and tactics and operational capability.
Ian Vaevaso, deputy commissioner of National Security and Operation Support at the RSIF, said at the opening ceremony for the second training group that the Solomon Islands benefited “deeply and extensively” from the bilateral relationship.
“RSIPF must step ahead of these security challenges and criminal minds. This is why this policing cooperation and the broader security agreement with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is crucial so that we can be able to holistically build the capacity and capability of RSIPF to another level to protect this nation’s development and its sovereignty,” Vaevaso said.
