Which country is Vanuatu?

Vanuatu is a small island country located in the southwest of the Pacific Ocean, with a total land area of 654.38+0.22 million square kilometers, which is equivalent to Tianjin.

It belongs to the Melanesian Islands and consists of 82 islands (68 are inhabited). Santo Island, the largest island, covers an area of 3,947 square kilometers, equivalent to half of Guangzhou. The history of Vanuatu can be traced back thousands of years, but the indigenous people living here have left nothing particularly worth seeing. 1606 was incorporated into the world, and the island was discovered by Spanish explorers.

By 1906, the area had become a colony under the control of Britain and France. In the 1960s, indigenous people in Vanuatu set up a political party, the Village Party, demanding land recovery and independence. During this period, national independence was the general trend of the world, so in July 1980, Vanuatu declared its independence and the great cause of founding the country was completed.

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Because the country is small, the number of people is small, and it is too scattered, Vanuatu has no regular army. There are only about 900 police and mobile units in the country, which are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of the Interior. The Vanuatu team that came to China this time was selected from these people. In addition, in order to ensure national security, Vanuatu has signed defense agreements with Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.

However, although there is no regular army in our country, Vanuatu still actively participates in international affairs. So far, Vanuatu's police and mobile units have participated in United Nations peacekeeping operations in East Timor, Bosnia and other places, as well as regional assistance missions in Solomon Islands.

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