Fiji's military commander, Commodore Bainimarama, has briefed the visiting New Zealand foreign minister, Winston Peters, on the security situation in the country.
Radio Fiji reports that Commodore Bainimarama gave the briefing yesterday during Mr Peters' call at the main military camp at Nabua in Suva.
It quotes the military spokesman, Captain Neumi Leweni, as saying the two men discussed security in Fiji and recommitted themselves to maintaining close military ties between the two countries.
Captain Leweni says Mr Peters was satisfied with the security briefing.
Mr Peters' visit to the military camp was a follow-up to last month's talks with the New Zealand defence advisor in Fiji, Lt Col Jeremy Ramsdon, who had sought a security briefing from Commodore Bainimarama.
Those talks took place just after the heightened stand-off between the military and the government which led to crisis talks mediated by the acting president and commander-in-chief, Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi.
Winston Peters says he doesn't think his meeting with the Commodore would have been taken by the Fijian as a foreign recognition of his stature in Fiji politics.
"I don't think in any way we delimit the importance of any institution in Fiji by seeing all the players in what has been now a six-year-long event, and what's really important is how we see things in the future and how we can help as a country."
