Key facts
- China's embassy said six Royal Solomon Islands Police Force officers joined a week-long exercise on water cannon use.
- The embassy said the program familiarized officers with crowd control vehicles and scenarios in which they may be used.
- The embassy did not give the dates of the training exercise.
China is helping train Solomon Islands police to use water cannons as part of a security partnership that Western governments view with skepticism, according to the report.
The Chinese embassy said on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, that six officers from the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force took part in a week-long training exercise, without giving dates. The embassy said the program helped familiarize officers with crowd control vehicles and the different scenarios in which they may be used.
The report did not state the location of the training or the terms of the security partnership under which it took place.