WELLINGTON, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully
said on Monday that he hoped a meeting of Pacific Islands Forum leaders next
month will be pivotal in resolving matters with Fiji.
McCully said there is no communication with Fiji officials at the moment
following the expulsion of New Zealand's acting High Commissioner in Suva.
New Zealand's previous High Commissioner, Michael Green, was also expelled
in June 2007.
McCully said leaders at next month's meeting plan to hold Fiji's interim
Prime Minister Commodore Frank Bainimarama accountable for not meeting his
commitment to hold elections by March.
But the Auckland-based Coalition for Democracy in Fiji said efforts should
be made to get dialogue going now, Radio New Zealand reported on Monday.
Spokesperson Nik Naidu said Fiji might not turn up to the forum if talks
don't continue in the meantime, adding that the relationship between New Zealand
and Fiji is too important to jeopardize.