{"id":21693,"date":"2022-09-01T14:57:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T14:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shipip.com\/?p=21693"},"modified":"2022-09-01T14:57:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T14:57:00","slug":"solomon-islands-blocks-all-naval-port-visits-after-u-s-coast-guard-cutter-denied-entry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/developmenttask.com\/ShipIpLtd\/solomon-islands-blocks-all-naval-port-visits-after-u-s-coast-guard-cutter-denied-entry\/","title":{"rendered":"Solomon Islands Blocks All Naval Port Visits After U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Denied Entry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Sogavare has\u00a0announced<\/a>\u00a0a temporary moratorium on visits by foreign naval vessels after turning away a U.S Coast Guard Cutter last week.<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking at a ceremony welcoming hospital ship USNS\u00a0Mercy<\/em>\u00a0(T-AH-19) to Honiara, Sogavare said that bureaucratic issues were behind the denial of diplomatic clearance to USCGC\u00a0Oliver Henry<\/em>\u00a0(WPC-1140).<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, by the time the approval was communicated on the evening of 20th August 2022, the Ship\u2019s captain had decided to leave our waters.\u201d Sogavare said in statement.<\/p>\n

The port call was routine, said National Security Council spokesman John Kirby during a press conference Tuesday.\u00a0Oliver Henry<\/em>\u00a0planned to stop at Solomon Island to refuel and resupply, but after the U.S. did not receive diplomatic clearance in time, the ship diverted to Papua New Guinea.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re disappointed in this decision,\u201d Kirby said during the briefing. \u201cWhile the lack of diplomatic clearance for the\u00a0Oliver Henry<\/em>\u00a0was regrettable, however, the United States is pleased that the U.S. Navy ship\u00a0Mercy<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 it\u2019s a hospital ship \u2013 received diplomatic clearance and was able to take port in Solomon Islands on the 29th.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Solomon Islands took time to review its diplomatic clearance process, foreign partners had been asked to postpone upcoming naval visits until further notice, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo this end we have requested our partners to give us time to review and put in place our new processes before sending further requests for military vessels to enter the country,\u201d Sogavare said. \u201cOnce the new mechanism is in place, we will inform you all. We anticipate the new process to be smoother and timelier.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a Tuesday statement, Solomon Islands government said that the new rules would apply to all visiting naval vessels.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government has asked all partner countries with plans to conduct naval visits or patrols to put them on hold until a revised national mechanism is in place,\u201d according to a government statement \u201cThese will universally apply to all visiting naval vessels.\u201d<\/p>\n

U.S. hospital ship USNS\u00a0Mercy<\/em>\u00a0(T-AH-19) has been exempted from the moratorium and is expected to remain in Solomon Islands for several weeks as part of Pacific Partnership 2022.<\/p>\n

Source: https:\/\/news.usni.org\/2022\/08\/30\/solomon-islands-blocks-all-naval-port-visits-after-u-s-coast-guard-cutter-denied-entry<\/p>\n

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