Solomons Leader Skipped White House Summit to Avoid Being ‘Lectured’

Solomon Islands has recently joined the Beijing-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).

U.S. President Joe Biden (C) poses for a picture with Pacific Island leaders at the White House in Washington on Sept. 25, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manesseh Sogavare boycotted a Pacific leaders meeting in the United States because he did not want to be “lectured.”

The Pacific leader, who has continued to build ties with Beijing since severing ties with Taiwan, missed the meeting despite being in New York for a United Nations speech last Friday.