The Solomon Islands prime minister, Derek Sikua, has addressed the first gathering of the Forum Foreign Ministers Committee on the Regional Assistance Mission.
Dr Sikua says while Solomon Islands acknowledges and appreciates the achievements RAMSI has made so far, his government believes there is room to do more.
Dr Sikua says in this regard, RAMSI needs to realign its activities and functions to support the development policies and priorities in particular the rural development plans of the current government.
He says it should be noted that Solomon Islands is the main stakeholder in RAMSI and the perceptions that it is operating a parallel administration with its own programmes must be avoided.
The meeting has also been attended by the foreign minister of Australia whose government provides the bulk of RAMSI's staff and resources.
