SUVA, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Fiji's Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama has said he was willing to have dialogue with the Pacific Islands Forum about the Pacific island country's future but will not move away from the 2014 election date he has set for the country.

    Bainimarama said he was keen to engage with the international community including Australia and New Zealand but on his own terms, the FijiLive news website reported on Friday.

    "We firmly stand on our decision to hold election in the next five years and there is no way this will change. There are reforms which need to be set in place before a truly democratic election can take place," he told FijiLive.

    Bainimarama's comments came amid growing tensions between Fiji and the Pacific Islands Forum this week following Niue Premier and outgoing Forum chair Toke Talagi's comments that Fiji's situation was the only disappointment in the region.

    Fiji's newly-appointed Foreign Affairs Minister Ratu Inoke Kubuabola on Wednesday accused Forum Secretary General Tuiloma Neroni Slade of poor leadership in the way the Forum had recently engaged with Fiji, in particular, Fiji's exclusion from key regional talks on the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) trade agreement.

    Bainimarama said his government was willing to communicate with the leaders of Australia and New Zealand in the same way that Fiji had approached the Commonwealth for dialogue following a threat of full suspension next month over the 2014 election date.

    Bainimarama said neighboring Prime Ministers Kevin Rudd of Australia and John Key of New Zealand need to fully understand the Fiji situation. He said differences could only be achieved through dialogue.

    He also called on the international community to stop pressuring Fiji into holding a general election as soon as possible.

    Both the Forum and the Commonwealth want Fiji to announce a 2010 election date.