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Leaders of the 16-nation Pacific Islands Forum warned Wednesday they may take the unprecedented step of suspending Fiji's military regime if it fails to get promised elections back on track.
Fiji faces suspension from a 16-nation regional forum by year's end unless its military government can show progress toward holding democratic elections, Pacific leaders warned Thursday.
Leaders of the 16-nation Pacific Islands Forum said Wednesday they may take the unprecedented step of suspending Fiji's military regime if it fails to get promised elections back on track.
South Pacific leaders warned Fiji's post-coup government on Wednesday it could be suspended from a regional forum if it failed to hold democratic elections in early 2009.
Pacific leaders have threatened to suspend Fiji from a regional forum if it does not press ahead with planned elections.
(RTTNews) - The leaders of the Pacific Island nations on Thursday threatened to expel Fiji from the 16-nation Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) unless Fijian coup leader Voreqe Bainimarama holds the elections as scheduled.
Pacific Forum leaders have condemned Fiji's boycott of their annual meeting in Niue. There have been strong words on the boycott from New Zealand and Australia but there's no sign it will be enough to lead Fiji's military-led government to democracy.
Fiji's Interim Foreign Minister Ratu Epeli Nailatikau gave the first response from the interim government over the Pacific Islands Forum member leaders' warning of suspending Fiji from the forum, saying "Fiji is angry". He said on Thursday that it was an "unfortunate" statement from the leaders, which did not show an understanding of Fiji. He also claimed the forum was being "misused" by New ...
Pacific leaders meeting in Niue have decided to take a hard-line stance against Fiji's military led government. For the first time in its history, the Pacific Islands Forum has told one of its members to shape up or risk being suspended.
"Fiji is angry" was the first response from the Fijian interim government to the leaders of its Pacific neighbours warning it risked suspension from the Pacific Islands Forum if it did not hold elections by March.
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