  solomon islands' foreign policy  was described by the solomons' government as a "look north" policy, aimed as strengthening diplomatic and economic relations with asian countries for development purposes."rethink for solomons diplomatic missions", abc radio australia, 9 september 2008 ==diplomatic representation== countries with diplomatic missions in solomon islands are the australia, republic of china, japan, new zealand, papua new guinea and united kingdom. the u.s. ambassador resident in port moresby, papua new guinea is also accredited to solomon islands. canada, france, germany, sweden, south korea and malaysia have honorary consuls. solomon islands has diplomatic missions in canberra, papua new guinea, taipei, at the united nations in new york, where the ambassador there is also accredited as its ambassador to the united states of america, unesco in paris and high commissioner to canada and at the european commission in brussels where the representative is also accredited as high commissioner to the uk. ==bilateral relations== ===australia=== relations with australia were, until recently, strained, with prime minister manasseh sogavare accusing australia of "heavy-handed" interference in solomon islands' domestic affairs, subsequently expelling australia's high commissioner to the country patrick cole. in a nationally televised address, sogavare claimed that the australian-led security forces in the solomons had not dealt properly with the country's underlying problems.abc news online: howard stands by solomons ambassador "we are concerned that canberra's policies are aimed at excluding and containing the peoples of the region, instead of working collectively to address fundamental problems of social instability that can only be solved through dialogue, rather than the use of development aid, and political force as leverage, to dictate australia's involvement" sogavare also claimed that australia's involvement in the region could be "driving this country down the path of another conflict that could be more serious" than the april 2006 riots that broke out after an election won by the former deputy prime minister snyder rini, when thousands of anti-government protesters burned down buildings in solomon islands' capital honiara's chinese district, alleging that either the people's republic of china or the republic of china had paid lawmakers to vote for rini.bbc news: solomons pm criticises australia sogavare's successor, prime minister derek sikua,
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