Vanuatu FM to attend "Engaging Fiji" meeting

Vanuatu has confirmed its Foreign Affairs Minister will be attending a meeting of Pacific Island countries in Fiji this week.

Joe Natuman will join the leaders of Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Kiribati at a gathering in Natadola hosted by Fiji's interim government, Radio New Zealand International reported on Monday.

Fiji said seven other island nations are also attending the Engaging Fiji meeting.

The meeting follows last week's scuttling of a Fiji-hosted summit of the Melanesian Spearhead Group by Vanuatu's prime minister and MSG chair Edward Natapei.

Natapei said the cancellation of the meeting was a collective decision involving the leaders of PNG, Solomon Islands and representatives of the FLNKS in New Caledonia.

Source: Xinhua