PNG PM accorded full traditional welcome

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PNG PM accorded full traditional welcome

By Alipate Narawa

21/02/2023

PNG Prime Minister James Marape (left) and Deputy Prime Minister of Fiji, Manoa Kamikamica (right)

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape thanked Deputy Prime Minister Manoa Kamikamica for the warm welcome into this part of Melanesia and the great Pacific.

Marape says he looks forward to the next 24 hours as we relate as one people of the Pacific.

The Papua New Guinea delegation was this morning accorded a traditional welcome at the Grand Pacific Hotel.

Also present were members of Parliament, foreign dignitaries and invited guests.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka hosted Marape to a welcome dinner at Suva's Grand Pacific Hotel last night.

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