Fiji's Prime Minister, Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama said the Wikileaks revelations that the New Zealand government has been spying on the Fiji government and the military now proves what he has been saying all along.
Commodore Bainimarama said this clearly shows that with friends like NZ and Australia, Fiji does not need enemies.
He said they had also confronted Australian Foreign Minister, Stephen Smith on Australia also spying on Fiji and for the record the Prime Minister said Smith did not deny the allegation.
The New Zealand government has been accused of spying on the Fiji Military Forces by using a satellite communications monitoring facility in the Waihopai Valley according to the latest revelation by whistle blower website Wikileaks.
Stuff.co reported that New Zealand used the Waihopai communications base to spy on Fiji's military, passing the intelligence to the United States Government.
It said the base was used in the 2006 coup and probably the 2000 coup, although New Zealand officials have always denied that they were spying.
The report also said the WikiLeak cables, taken with other information made public on Fiji, point to the NZ Government Communications Security Bureau being capable of listening in to Fijian mobile phones.
The cable does not disclose what New Zealand intercepted from the Republic of Fiji Military Forces.
Story by: Vijay Narayan
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