US hypocrisy and double standard exemplified. Compare the US position on military alliance regarding #Ukraine and the #SolomonIslands
US State Department spokesman Ned Price: The key point is that there are principles that are at stake here that have universal applicability
US State Department spokesman Ned Price: The key point is that there are principles that are at stake here that have universal applicability
everywhere, whether in Europe, whether in the Indo-Pacific, anywhere in between. And those are the core principles that President Putin has sought to violate and flout and that our Ukrainian partners, backed by the international community, have sought to defend -
the principle that each and every country has a sovereign right to determine its own foreign policy, has a sovereign right to determine for itself with whom it will choose to associate in terms of its alliances, its partnerships, and what orientation it wishes to direct its gaze.
Meanwhile, US is threatening to "destabilize" the Solomon Islands if latter persists in maintaining the security pact with China.
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