Fiji wants pacific forum meeting deferred

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Updated January 20, 2009 22:11:38

Australia's foreign minister Stephen Smith says the government is disappointed that Fiji's interim prime minister Commodore Frank Bainimarama has decided not to attend next week's meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum in Papua New Guinea. Commodore Frank Bainimarama says he cannot leave Fiji while the country is still dealing recent floods that have caused many millions of dollars worth of damage.

Presenter: Geraldine Coutts
Speaker: Tokie Talagi, Prime Minister of Niue and chair of the Pacific Islands Forum

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