New Zealand's Foreign Affairs Minister, Murray McCully said the Prime Minister John Key has not replied to the letter from Interim Prime Minister Commodore Frank Bainimarama as yet because of the mixed messages being received from Suva.
McCully told Radio New Zealand that on one hand, New Zealand's representative has been thrown out of the country and on the other, the Interim Prime Minister is writing about how to improve relations between the two countries.
McCully said the issue will be raised in Cabinet when it resumes later this month but it will be up to New Zealand's Prime Minister to decide how to respond as the letter is addressed to him.
McCully said the Interim Government has changed the background to the expulsion of Caroline McDonald from a standoff over a student visa to accusations of a hostile attitude being displayed by the Acting High Commissioner.
Meanwhile, The Interim Attorney General Aiyaz Saiyad-Khaiyum said that Commodore Frank Bainimarama is waiting to hear from New Zealand after a Committee was set up to look at improving relations between the two countries.
Saiyad Khaiyum said the Committee which is headed by the Former Foreign Affairs Minister Filipe Bole has been suggested as a way to expedite discussions over the way forward.
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No Reply From NZ Govt On Interim PM’s Letter
