Articles Tagged: dialogue

Successful dialogue among leaders in Fiji will not be easy, says New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark. ?It will need skilled facilitation such as the Commonwealth can provide,?? she said. ?But it is clear that many of Fiji?s key stakeholders have well considered ideas about ways to overcome the political difficulties facing their country. Some of the proposals already in the public domain are quite detailed and specific about objectives and how to achieve them. And it is clear that on some of

On the eve of the arrival of NZ & Aust foreign ministers, the jittery Pig decidess to sack his own secretary when he probably needed him more than ever ?   Bainimarama?s critics ready for dialogue   14 JUL 2008     The foreign ministers of Australia and New Zealand have arrived in Fiji, keen to meet the man they have criticised for overthrowing the country?s democratically-elected Government.New Zealand foreign minister Winston Peters arrived first at Nausori Airport earlier tod

South Pacific states moved Thursday to reopen a dialogue with Fiji about returning to democracy _ days after the coup-prone nation withdrew from a regional bloc that is pressing for elections early next year.

South Pacific states moved Thursday to reopen a dialogue with Fiji about returning to democracy _ days after the coup-prone nation withdrew from a regional bloc that is pressing for elections early next year.

Bainimarama?s dialogue with Qarase is a positive sign and we hope this is an opportunity to resolve the political impasse.   Qarase, Beddoes and the NFP?s meeting last week indicate the dialogue had been known beforehand.   Bainimarama?s instigating this dialogue concedes an admission, that the IG cannot deliver on its claims in conducting the coup and now needs the assistance of Qarase, Beddoes & the NFP to absolve it out of its quagmire of illegality.   There are still many difficult obs