US military leader warns Chinese security deal with Solomon Islands sounds ‘too good to be true’ | Solomon Islands
A senior US military general has warned during a visit to Australia that China's offer to deepen security ties with Solomon Islands will come with strings attached, suggesting the Pacific island country may come to regret the planned deal.“My parents told me if a deal sounds too good to be true, it probably is,” the commandant of the United States Marine Corps, General David Berger, said on Wednesday.Berger was cautious when asked about longstanding US concerns relating to a Chinese company's lease over the port of Darwin, stressing it was a sovereign decision for Australia as part of its yet-to-be-completed national security review.Ahead of a trip to Darwin, the site of increasing rotations of US Marines, Berger said: “If it's not of concern to Australia, then it's not of concern to me...