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No response to US coastguard request to refuel in the Solomon Islands
No response to US coastguard request to refuel in the Solomon Islands
The ship was on patrol for the regional fisheries when a port visit request was made amid tension over China’s security pact.
A US Coast Guard vessel was unable to make a routine call to the Solomon Islands The country’s government has not responded to requests for supplies and supplies, a US official said.
The Solomon Islands has had strained relations with the United States and its allies since it entered into a security pact with China in May.
USCGC Oliver Henry was on illegal fishing patrol in the South Pacific for a sectional fisheries agency when it failed to obtain entry to refuel at Honiara, the Solomon Islands capital, a US Coast Guard told
The US boat was instead diverted to Papua New Guinea, the official said. The British Navy declined to comment on the that the patrol vessel HMSSpey, which also took part in Operation Island Chief to monitor illegal fishing in the economic exclusion zones of Fiji, Papua -New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu, was denied port access from the Solomon Islands.
Ship schedules are constantly reviewed and it is normal for them to change. For operational security reasons, we do not discuss specifics,” Honiara and Beijing ruled out a Chinese military base on the islands, although a leaked draft security agreement showed it would allow the Chinese navy to dock and refuel.
The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency, a bloc of 17 Pacific nations, has a maritime monitoring center in Honiara and conducts annual illegal fishing monitoring operations with assistance from Australia, the United States, New Zealand, and France.
USCGC Oliver Henry was arranged to make a routine logistics stop in the Solomon Islands, Kristin Kam, public affairs officer for the U.S. Coast Guard in Hawaii, told “The Solomon Islands government has not responded to the United States Government Diplomacy request permission to ship to refuel and refuel in Honiara.” “The United states department of State is in contact with the Government of the Solomon Islands and expects all future clearances will be provided to U.S. ships,” she added.
HMS Spey had Fijian naval officers on board as it worked alongside long-range maritime patrol airships, from Australia and New Zealand and the US Coast Guard in the operation to gather information for the Pacific Islands Forum fisheries, they said on Thursday.
It carried out inspections of suspicious vessels in ports and boarding at sea, according to the statement.
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