Solomon Islands and China Sign Mutual Visa Exemption Agreement, Enhancing Bilateral Relations

ๆ‰€็ฝ—้—จ็พคๅฒ›ไธŽไธญๅ›ฝ็ญพ็ฝฒไบ’ๅ…็ญพ่ฏๅ่ฎฎ๏ผŒๅŠ ๅผบๅŒ่พนๅ…ณ็ณป

In 2019, the Solomon Islands Government established diplomatic ties with the People’s Republic of China, leading to the signing of a Mutual Visa Exemption Agreement on November 7, 2024. Honorable Harry Kuma, Minister for Commerce, Industry, Labour and Immigration, endorsed this agreement, allowing ordinary passport holders from the PRC to enter the Solomon Islands for up to 30 days without a visa.

The arrangement was officially gazetted on November 20, 2024, and became effective on January 27, 2025, when the Minister declared the PRC a concessional country under the Immigration Act 2012. On the same day, a mutual visa exemption policy was signed, outlining procedures to secure borders and facilitate safe migration.

The policy includes guidelines for Solomon Islands passport holders to receive reciprocal visa exemptions upon arrival. Officials, including Permanent Secretary Mr. Riley Mesepitu and Acting Director of Immigration Mr. Christopher Akosawa, acknowledged China’s role in finalizing this agreement, emphasizing its reciprocal benefits for both nations in trade, culture, and bilateral relations.

The Immigration Department will ensure border security while promoting lawful migration, in line with the agreement’s protocols.

ๆ ‡้ข˜๏ผšๆ‰€็ฝ—้—จ็พคๅฒ›ไธŽไธญๅ›ฝ็ญพ็ฝฒไบ’ๅ…็ญพ่ฏๅ่ฎฎ๏ผŒๅขžๅผบๅŒ่พนๅ…ณ็ณป

2019ๅนด๏ผŒๆ‰€็ฝ—้—จ็พคๅฒ›ๆ”ฟๅบœไธŽไธญๅŽไบบๆฐ‘ๅ…ฑๅ’Œๅ›ฝๅปบ็ซ‹ไบ†ๅค–ไบคๅ…ณ็ณป๏ผŒๅฏผ่‡ดไบŽ2024ๅนด11ๆœˆ7ๆ—ฅ็ญพ็ฝฒไบ†ไบ’ๅ…็ญพ่ฏๅ่ฎฎใ€‚ๅ•†ไธšใ€ๅทฅไธšใ€ๅŠณๅทฅๅ’Œ็งปๆฐ‘้ƒจ้•ฟๅ“ˆ้‡Œยทๅบ“้ฉฌ๏ผˆHonorable Harry Kuma๏ผ‰็ญพ็ฝฒไบ†่ฟ™ไธ€ๅ่ฎฎ๏ผŒไฝฟๅพ—ไธญๅŽไบบๆฐ‘ๅ…ฑๅ’Œๅ›ฝ็š„ๆ™ฎ้€šๆŠค็…งๆŒๆœ‰่€…ๅฏไปฅๅœจไธ้œ€็ญพ่ฏ็š„ๆƒ…ๅ†ตไธ‹่ฟ›ๅ…ฅๆ‰€็ฝ—้—จ็พคๅฒ›๏ผŒๅœ็•™ๆ—ถ้—ดๆœ€้•ฟไธบ30ๅคฉใ€‚

่ฏฅๅฎ‰ๆŽ’ไบŽ2024ๅนด11ๆœˆ20ๆ—ฅๆญฃๅผๅ…ฌๅธƒ๏ผŒๅนถไบŽ2025ๅนด1ๆœˆ27ๆ—ฅ็”Ÿๆ•ˆ๏ผŒๅฑŠๆ—ถ้ƒจ้•ฟๅฎฃๅธƒไธญๅŽไบบๆฐ‘ๅ…ฑๅ’Œๅ›ฝไธบใ€Š2012ๅนด็งปๆฐ‘ๆณ•ใ€‹ไธ‹็š„ไผ˜ๆƒ ๅ›ฝๅฎถใ€‚ๅœจๅŒไธ€ๅคฉ๏ผŒ็ญพ็ฝฒไบ†ไธ€้กนไบ’ๅ…็ญพ่ฏๆ”ฟ็ญ–๏ผŒๆฆ‚่ฟฐไบ†็กฎไฟ่พน็•Œๅฎ‰ๅ…จๅ’Œไฟƒ่ฟ›ๅฎ‰ๅ…จ็งปๆฐ‘็š„็จ‹ๅบใ€‚

่ฏฅๆ”ฟ็ญ–ๅŒ…ๆ‹ฌๆ‰€็ฝ—้—จ็พคๅฒ›ๆŠค็…งๆŒๆœ‰่€…ๅœจๆŠต่พพๆ—ถ่Žทๅพ—ไบ’ๅ…็ญพ่ฏ็š„ๆŒ‡ๅฏผๆ–น้’ˆใ€‚ๅŒ…ๆ‹ฌๅธธๅŠก็ง˜ไนฆ่ต–ๅˆฉยทๆข…ๅกž็šฎๅ›พ๏ผˆMr. Riley Mesepitu๏ผ‰ๅ’Œ็งปๆฐ‘็ฝฒไปฃ็†ไธปไปปๅ…‹้‡Œๆ–ฏๆ‰˜ๅผ—ยท้˜ฟ็ง‘่จ็“ฆ๏ผˆMr. Christopher Akosawa๏ผ‰ๅœจๅ†…็š„ๅฎ˜ๅ‘˜ไปฌ็กฎ่ฎคไบ†ไธญๅ›ฝๅœจๆœ€็ปˆ็กฎๅฎšๆญคๅ่ฎฎไธญ็š„ไฝœ็”จ๏ผŒๅผบ่ฐƒไบ†่ฟ™ไธ€ๅ่ฎฎๅœจ่ดธๆ˜“ใ€ๆ–‡ๅŒ–ๅ’ŒๅŒ่พนๅ…ณ็ณปๆ–น้ขๅฏนๅŒๆ–น็š„ไบ’ๆƒ ็›Šๅค„ใ€‚

็งปๆฐ‘้ƒจ้—จๅฐ†็กฎไฟ่พน็•Œๅฎ‰ๅ…จ๏ผŒๅŒๆ—ถไฟƒ่ฟ›ๅˆๆณ•็งปๆฐ‘๏ผŒ้ตๅพชๅ่ฎฎ็š„็›ธๅ…ณ่ง„็จ‹ใ€‚