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Monday, February 12, 2007

Australia appeals for Solomons' support

IOL News,
February 09 2007 at 12:13PM

Canberra - Australia made a direct appeal to the people of the Solomon Islands on Friday to support its plan to maintain peace and order in the troubled nation as government-to-government relations hit a new low.

Foreign Minister Alexander Downer wrote an open letter to Solomon Islanders, published in Friday's Solomons Star newspaper, in a move likely to anger Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, who is critical of Australia's involvement in his country's affairs.

Downer's blunt letter said government institutions in the Solomon Islands were being undermined, and there had been a deliberate attempt to undermine the regional assistance mission, known as RAMSI, designed to save the country from collapse.

"It would seem that the Solomon Islands is once again at a crossroads," Downer wrote, adding he was confident the vast majority of Solomon Islanders supported the RAMSI mission.

"I also know each and every one of you remember only too well the fear and intimidation, the breakdown in basic services, the closure of hospitals, schools and medical clinics, the hopelessness that took over so many lives."

Canberra is spending about AUS$840-million (about R4-billion) to maintain peace in the Solomons after the nation went close to collapse due to ethnic violence and mismanagement.

Just last March Australia sent about 500 extra troops and police to the capital, Honiara, to quell riots that destroyed Chinese businesses following Solomons elections, and still has about 130 police and troops in the country.

New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea have also contributed forces to the RAMSI mission.

But the bilateral relationship between Australia and the Solomons has collapsed since Sogavare appointed an Australian citizen, wanted at home on child sex charges, as his new attorney-general, and then expelled Canberra's top diplomat.

Australia has appointed a new High Commissioner to Honiara, but Sogavare has said he is too busy to receive his credentials, effectively stopping the diplomat from beginning work.

Downer said a Solomon Islands government plan to re-arm its local police force was also a major concern.

"Australia wants to continue to help Solomon Islands face the challenges of your nation's future. But we are finding this increasingly difficult due to the obstacles being placed in our path," he said.

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