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Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Get out of boxing match

SIBConline news,
6 February, 2007 - 11:18am.
By ROBERT L IROGA

A TOP U.S official has urged the Solomon Islands Government and RAMSI to talk to each other in a direct way and “get away from this kind of boxing match”.

Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Glyn Davies said: “We are concerned about the difficulties that exist because they can get in the way of process.”

Mr Davies, who is here on a two-day visit, admits that it is not America’s place to come in and wag a figure at Solomon Islands or asking Australian and New Zealand.

“What we can do is to make some principle points about the need to move beyond the types of disputes that have occurred in a sort of a more positive direction.

“I did not come here to dictate terms to anybody, we came here really to give our sense of friend of the Solomon Islands of the way forward,” the deputy assistant secretary said.Solomon Islands has engaged in a bitter political and diplomatic row with Australia on many issues, and it has affected the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands’ (RAMSI) operations in the country.

RAMSI is heavily dominated by Australia, and late last year Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare wanted the Australian leadership role removed.“The situation has become a little bit heated, a little bit even dramatic but I don’t think that it needs to continue to spiral in the wrong direction.

“I absolutely think the problems here are reversible and I think they are largely political in nature.“And as a first step, and I hope this will happen, it’s important for your government and RAMSI to talk to each other in a more direct way - and for them to get away from this kind of boxing match,” Mr Davies told the local media late yesterday.

Meanwhile, when asked about the government’s plans to rearm some of its police officers, Mr Davies said: “I think the best way forward is the RAMSI process.”He said RAMSI has a process in place for training of police.“Given the recent history of this nation, between the police and the people it takes some time and takes some deliberate planning to train up the police to a place where the people in Solomon Islands can have complete confidence in them,” Mr Davies said.

He said a very important element for the success of a society is to have a positive relationship between the people and the police.“It’s important that RAMSI and government move together when it comes to training the police and eventually to the extent it has to happen - arming the police.

“But to have one side unilaterally deciding to take a precept step strikes me as somebody from outside looking in giving free advice. And maybe that’s not the way to go,” Mr Davies said.

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