Fiji dialogue planned for New Year

Fiji's interim PM, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, says a National Dialogue Forum on Fiji's future will begin in February. [AFP]
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Fiji's interim PM, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, says a National Dialogue Forum on Fiji's future will begin in February. [AFP]

Last Updated: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:46:00 +1100

Fiji's interim prime minister, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, says a National Dialogue Forum on Fiji's future will begin in February.

But he says the dialogue process, called for by the international community and the Commonwealth in a recent visit by officials to Suva, will not distract from his government's focus on building the economy.

He says the economy will remain the key issue for the next five years as part of his government's reformist and modernising agenda.

The Fijilive website says Commodore Bainimarama was speaking in the lead-up to his 2010 budget address in Suva.

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