Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Friday announced that Australia will send another 110 troops to the Solomon Islands.

This is second time Australia decided to send more troops to the strife-torn Solomon Islands in three days following Tuesday's parliamentary vote which elected a new prime minister.

The vote sparked the worst rioting and looting in the South Pacific nation's capital of Honiara since Australia, New Zealand and other Pacific nations intervened in 2003 by sending troops there to end years of bloody strife fightings.

Australia on Wednesday sent 110 troops and an extra 80 policemen to Honiara.

They joined 262 Australian police officers already there as part of the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands ( RAMSI).

Howard told Australia's Southern Cross radio that the other 110 troops are now preparing to be deployed.

"We are going to send another company after discussion with the RAMSI authority," he said.

"There were discussions between the authority and the government late last night and, as we speak, 110 more Australians from a detachment based at Holsworthy in Sydney will be going and they will arrive in the Solomons later on today," he said.

"In these situations it's better to have more than less," he said.

Howard also said Australian would send more troops if needed.

It was reported that the situation in Honiara has improved since the first extra Australian and New Zealand troops and policemen arrived Wednesday night.

Source: Xinhua