Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama has congratulated the new and first female Prime Minister of Australia, Ms Julia Gillard.
In his message to Ms Gillard, Commodore Bainimarama offered his congratulations and said he looked forward to working with the new Prime Minister.
Prime Minister Commodore Bainimara said that he hoped that Ms Gillard would re look at the current policy of the Australian government towards Fiji with the objective of co-operation based on equality and understanding for the mutual benfit of the countries and their peoples.
He said the links between Fiji and Australia in particular in trade, investment, tourism, sports and strong people-to-people links through the emigration of Fijians to Australia are pervasive, strong and cannot be ignored.
“On behalf of the Fijian Government and Fijian people, I extend my hearty Congratulations to the Honourable Gillard, the first female Prime Minister of Australia".
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