The high level delegation to the Senior Officials Meeting of the Melanesian Spearhead Group indicates the cooperation of member states to the MSG, says the MSG Secretariat director general Mr Peter Forau.
Speaking at the opening of the Special MSG meeting at Sheraton, Denarau today, Mr Forau said since taking office, this was the first time he had a high level delegation participate.
“Since I took this post this is the first time to have such senior level of representatives and I believe this is a genuine indication of cooperation within the MSG,” the director general said.
He said this should be the case always and the MSG secretariat will throw in all the support they can.
Mr Forau cautioned the delegates to be responsible on discussions surrounding the deliberations on the Report on the second high level Ministerial Mission to New Caledonia that was ably headed by the Fijian Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ratu Inoke Kubuabola and supported by two Ministers from the Solomon Islands.
This meeting took place from August 13-18, 2012 and was undertaken upon the request from the Front de Liberation Nationale Kanak et Socialiste(FLNKS), which is one of the five MSG member states.
Mr Forau said the secretariat will ensure that the SOM’s comes up with some decisions before the Foreign Ministers meeting tomorrow morning followed by the Leaders Summit in the afternoon.
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