| Australia, New Zealand restore diplomacy with Fiji Boston.com Australia and New Zealand say they will again station top diplomats known as high commissioners inFiji and will ease travel restrictions on Fijians associated with the regime. Fiji will reciprocate by placing top diplomats in New Zealand and Australia. See all stories on this topic » |
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| South Korea’s Kim survives scare from Fiji’s Elder to stay alive in Olympic … Washington Post LONDON — Second-seeded Kim Bubmin of South Korea survived a scare from Fiji’s Robert Elder to remain alive in the men’s individual archery competition Tuesday. Elder needed a 10 on his final arrow to beat Kim, but he bobbled after drawing and had to … See all stories on this topic » |
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| Fiji’s opposition cautiously welcomes decision to restore formal diplomatic relations ABC Online Yesterday, the Foreign Minister Bob Carr announced that the post of High Commissioner would be restored, partly in recognition of Fiji’s progress toward democracy. Timothy McDonald. Source: The World Today | Duration: 4min 13sec. Topics: foreign-affairs … See all stories on this topic » |
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| Concerns raised about Australia’s ties with Fiji Radio Australia Reaction in Fiji to the partial relaxation of sanctions on the coup installed military government has been mixed. Pacific Beat spoke to Shamima Ali, a former Fiji Human Rights Commissioner and Attar Singh, general secretary of the Fiji Islands Confederation of … See all stories on this topic » |
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| Labour supports easing Fiji sanctions Stuff.co.nz Labour supports moves to ease sanctions against Fiji despite no major progress towards democracy in the troubled Pacific nation. Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully yesterday confirmed after a meeting with his Australian and Fijian counterparts that New … See all stories on this topic » |
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| Australia, New Zealand restore diplomacy with Fiji The Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand and Australia have decided to restore full diplomatic ties with the island nation of Fiji. Relations between the three countries have been strained since Commodore Frank Bainimarama seized power in Fiji … See all stories on this topic » |
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| Two steps forward for Fiji relations The Interpreter Now, just three months later, Fiji, Australia and New Zealand have reached a watershed agreement which will see not only the re-instatement of their respective top diplomats but also an agreement by Australia and New Zealand to consider softening travel … See all stories on this topic » |
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| Australia and NZ restore full ties with Fiji MWC News Australia and New Zealand agreed to restore full diplomatic relations with military-run Fiji on Monday, which had been suspended since tit-for-tat expulsions of each other’s top envoys in 2009. “As a consequence of today’s meeting, all three sides agreed to … See all stories on this topic » |
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