It's not so simple for a nation to demand military support without traditional arrangement, which Solomon island has with Australia.
Troops will join Australian-led force that also includes Papua New Guinea
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Troops will join Australian-led force that also includes Papua New Guinea
Fiji will contribute 50 troops to an Australian-led peacekeeping force in
Solomon Islands after anti-government rioting that razed parts of the capital of Honiara, the Fijian prime minister, Frank Bainimarama, has said.
The Fijian contingent will lift the number of peacekeepers to about 200 troops and police officers, mostly Australian with a contribution of at least 34 personnel from Papua New Guinea.
“Out of concern for the safety and wellbeing of our Pacific sisters and brothers in the Solomon Islands, 50 Fijian troops will dispatch to Honiara tomorrow as part of [a] reinforced platoon embedded with Australian force elements to help maintain peace and security,” the Fijian PM tweeted.
The
Solomons crisis erupted last week with three days of deadly rioting in Honiara blamed partly on poverty, hunger and frustration with government policies in the Pacific island nation of 800,000.
During the riots,
which claimed at least three lives, mobs attempted to torch prime minister Manasseh Sogavare’s private residence and parliament before being dispersed by police firing teargas and warning shots.
The Fiji deployment comes as Honiara residents continue to clean up the shattered capital, where much of the Chinatown area was burned down.
Like United Nations peacekeepers ?
UN? No, like Fiji and Papa New Guinea joining Australia in peacekeeping.