MSG to send mission to Jakarta and West Papua, ministers decide

The in-coming chair of the Melanesian Spearhead Group, Mickael Forrest, opening the pre-summit Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) at Poindimie, New Caledonia, last week before the main conference today and tomorrow. Image: MSG
Pacific Scoop:
Report – By Nic Maclellan in Lifou, New Caledonia
The Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) will send a mission to Jakarta and Jayapura later this year, to discuss the issue of West Papua with the government of Indonesia.
The recommendation to MSG leaders came at a meeting of Melanesian foreign ministers, held on Lifou in the Loyalty Islands of New Caledonia, as part of the 19th MSG Summit.
Outgoing chair of the MSG Foreign Ministers Meeting, Fiji foreign minister Ratu Inoke Kubuabola said: “We have all agreed that a mission will go to Jakarta at the invitation of the government of Indonesia and then on to West Papua. It will be this year, depending on the dates agreed with the government of Indonesia.” Read more »

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