Expelled Australian envoy Sarah Roberts flew out of Fiji Wednesday as Canberra again pressed for an early return to democratic elections in the military-led Pacific island nation.
Australia will provide as much as A$1 million ($919,000) in emergency humanitarian assistance to help Fiji recover from Cyclone Tomas that devastated islands in the country’s north and east earlier this week.
Fiji's military regime has called on Australia and New Zealand to lift their sanctions against it, or face a two-year wait to post senior diplomats back to the South Pacific nation.
Australia has waived its travel ban against a senior member of Fiji's military-led government, enabling him to travel to Canberra for talks tonight aimed at restoring frayed diplomatic ties.
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