It is likely that the relationship ... would become a distinctly cool and distant relationship,

The Solomon Islands is on the brink, at the moment, of a civil war. They are at the crossroads,

Any action that may be planned will already be under way.

We obviously hope that truce is not simply for the time of our visit, but that the truce could be entrenched as the first step towards getting people back to the negotiating table,

Those people clearly felt that they were under threat,

a man probably responsible for 50 deaths, the burning of hundreds of homes, destruction of villages and who currently holds several dozen people as hostage.