The Solomon Islands prime minister Sir Allan Kemakeza says he will today be thanking his Australian counterpart John Howard for a successful intervention campaign.
Mr Howard is in Honiara to inspect the intervention force in Solomon Islands and is meeting Sir Allan and his cabinet during his one-day visit.
Sir Allan says the Australian-led intervention has been a huge success, with the capturing of rebel leader Harold Keke and the handing in of more than 3,200 guns.
He says he will thank Mr Howard for his leadership in helping the Solomons.
"Also there are issues such as the recovery of our economy, discussion of possible investors both from Australia and New Zealand and other countries to come into the country and invest since the environment is going back to normal."
Sir Allan says Social Welfare and Security are also issues on the agenda.
An opposition MP, Alfred Sasako, says Mr Howard should use his visit to encourage Sir Allan to step down while corruption allegations against him are investigated.
Meanwhile, Australia's opposition foreign affairs spokesman, Kevin Rudd, says Australian authorities should have intervened in Solomon Islands years ago.
He says now the cost of this exercise to the taxpayer will be huge, running into the hundreds of millions of dollars.
Before the coup of 2000, the then prime minister of Solomon Islands, Bartholomew Ulufa'alu, asked for 50 Australian police to assist what was then deemed to be a destabilising situation.
The request was ignored.
