Fiji PM looks for alternative regional forum

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Updated October 30, 2009 20:48:14

Fiji is being encouraged by some Pacific Island Forum nations to include them in next year's Melanasian Spearhead Group meeting. MSG membership is restricted to Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea, but since Fiji's suspension from the Pacific Islands Forum and the Commonwealth, Fiji is barred from top level regional meetings such as the PACER Plus trade tralks. Fiji will chair next year's Melanesian group meeting, and interim prime minister Frank Bainimarama has told Radio Australia's Geraldine Coutts, Fiji is considering extending observer status to many of its regional neighbours, but not New Zealand and Australia.

Presenter: Geraldine Coutts
Speaker: Commodore Frank Bainimarama, Fiji's interim Prime Minister

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