Category: SI-US Relations

Solomon Islands Assists United States to Repatriate Fallen World War II Service Members
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Solomon Islands Assists United States to Repatriate Fallen World War II Service Members

Sharon Nanau- October 1, 2025

International partners joined U.S. Ambassador Ann Marie Yastishock and LtCol Jeremy Smith, the Indo-Pacific Deputy Director for the Defense P.O.W./M.I.A. Accounting Agency (DPAA), at a ... Read More

Charge d’Affaires William Furnish meets Provincial officials and partners in Malaita province
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Charge d’Affaires William Furnish meets Provincial officials and partners in Malaita province

Fredrick Kusu- May 21, 2025

Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Honiara William Furnish paid a visit to Auki from 19 to 20 May. The two day visit is ... Read More

Ambassador Yastishock Meets Prime Minister Manele and Foreign Minister Shanel; Visits Partners and Provincial Leaders in Honiara and Central Province
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Ambassador Yastishock Meets Prime Minister Manele and Foreign Minister Shanel; Visits Partners and Provincial Leaders in Honiara and Central Province

Sharon Nanau- April 1, 2025

U.S. Ambassador to Solomon Islands Ann Marie Yastishock paid separate courtesy calls on Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele and Foreign Minister Peter  Agovaka Shanel on Tuesday, ... Read More

Proposed SI-US development cooperation framework remains undecided
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Proposed SI-US development cooperation framework remains undecided

Sharon Nanau- September 27, 2024

Solomon Islands is still waiting for a United States response to a proposed development cooperation framework between the two countries after three years of submission ... Read More

PM Manele attends memorial ceremonies honoring WWII Heroes
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PM Manele attends memorial ceremonies honoring WWII Heroes

Fredrick Kusu- August 8, 2024

82 years ago today, Guadalcanal Island was the scene of the bloodiest warfare as Allied Forces put on the final campaign to end the Japanese ... Read More

First Advisory Council meeting: MCC-Solomon Islands Threshold Program
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First Advisory Council meeting: MCC-Solomon Islands Threshold Program

Fredrick Kusu- February 8, 2024

Members of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Solomon Islands Threshold Program (SITHP) Advisory Council held their inaugural meeting in Honiara yesterday, Wednesday 7 February 2024 ... Read More

U.S Opens Embassy in Honiara
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U.S Opens Embassy in Honiara

Fredrick Kusu- February 1, 2023

On February 2, 2023, the United States of America officially announced the opening of its embassy in the Solomon Islands.  Now, less than a year ... Read More