Call for leaders to resolve Fiji conflict Pacific style

Updated May 18, 2009 15:40:18

Former Vanuatu President Ati George Sokomanu has criticised Australia and New Zealand's approach to Fiji's military regime. Mr Sokomanu says the Prime Ministers of both countries need to sit down with Commodore Frank Bainimarama and discuss their differences over a bowl of kava. Mr Sokomanu says the Melanesian Spearhead Group can play a vital role in organising talks, and he's not alone in his sentiments.

Presenter: Barbara Heggen
Speaker: Ati George Sokomanu, Former Vanuatu President; Bruce Haigh, Former Australian diplomat; Derek Brien, Deputy Executive Director of the Pacific Institute of Public Policy; Graham Davis, Journalist; Commodore Frank Bainimarama, Fiji military leader