The 20th Melanesian Spearhead Group meeting concludes in Honiara today. The conclusion coincides with the announcement and signing of the20th MSG Leaders’ Summit Communique by all MSG Leaders.
The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has welcomed the decision by MSG to grant West Papua observer status in the Melanesian Spearhead Group. The movement says, after over 53 years of political struggle for the right to self-determination, West Papua is now recognised by MSG.
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has been appointed the new Chair of the Melanesian Spearhead Group for the next two years. Former Chair Victor Tutugoro from the Front de Libération Kanak et Socialiste FLNKS of New Caledonia handed over the Chairmanship to Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare this…
Fiji’s Prime Minister, Frank Bainimarama says he hopes for a fruitful outcome of the MSG Leaders summit. Speaking at the official opening of the MSG summit in Honiara yesterday Fiji’s Prime Minister also called for commitment from the MSG Leaders.
Issues discussed in the current Melanesian Spearhead Group Summit in Honiara are a continuation of resolutions from the Noumea Summit. This is according the MSG Summit Foreign Affairs Minister’s chair, Milner Tozaka.
Police Operations to secure the 20th MSG Leaders Summit in Honiara is progressing well says Police Commissioner Frank Prendergast. He says Police have recorded a low crime rate since the operation and urge the public to keep on supporting the police.
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare says the applications for new membership into the Melanesian Spearhead Group at this 20th MSG Leaders Summit are not ordinary.
Fiji’s Foreign Minister Ratu Inoke Kubuabola is urging his Melanesian counterparts to pay outstanding assessed contributions in the next two days Melanesian Spearhead Group Ministers Meeting. Presenting Fiji’s country statement at yesterday’s Foreign Ministers Meeting, Mr.
Fiji’s Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama has arrived in the country for the Melanesia Spearhead Group Summit. Prime Minister Bainimarama arrived late this afternoon. Also arrived this afternoon is the Director General of the PrimeMinister’s office in Vanuatu.
Chairman of the Melanesian Spearhead Group Summit, Milner Tozaka says Foreign Affairs Ministers currently attending the 20th Melanesian Spearhead Group summit in Honiara are very confident that the meeting will have a positive outcome.
West Papua’s application to join the Melanesian Spearhead Group is among many issues to be deliberated on by the MSG leaders in their summit currently underway in Honiara. This is according to the Director General of the MSG Secretariat, Peter Forau.
The Member of Parliament for West Makira and Opposition MP Derek Manuari says the time is right that West Papua is welcomed as a full member of the Melanesian Spearhead Group. He says West Papua deserves full membership and not just an observer status.
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) will continue tomonitor the liquor ban currently imposed throughout the country as theMelanesian Spearhead Group summit continues today.
The incoming chair of the Melanesian Spearhead Group Foreign Ministers Meeting, Hon. Milner Tozaka has called for continued solidarity in making the sub-regional group, MSG, remain relevant.
Foreign Ministers of Melanesian Spearhead Group countries have begun their official summit in Honiara today and applications for memberships is one of the meeting’s top agendas.
The Solomon Islands Solidarity for West Papua Group is calling on the other four MSG leaders to agree on the Solomon Islands statement to support West Papua into the MSG.
A two days music festival in support of West Papua’s application to join the MSG has been staged over the weekend in Honiara. Organised by the Solomon Islands Solidarity Group for West Papua, the musical feast has attracted 20 local artists, cultural dancers and thousands of spectators.
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force has launched a major security operation to coincide with the Melanesian Spearhead Group Leaders’ Summit here in Honiara. Corresponding to the MSG security operation, the RSIPF has enforced a Liquor Ban.
The official meeting of the 20th Melanesian Spearhead Group Leaders summit has started in Honiara yesterday. Opening the chain of meetings are senior MSG officials.
The Democratic Coalition for Change (DCC) Government has announced it will endorse West Papua to be an observer of the Melanesian Spearhead Group. The announcement comes ahead of next week’s MSG Leaders Summit in Honiara.
