30 Sep 2013

Vanuatu and Fiji Prijme Ministers sign development MOU

8:40 pm on 30 September 2013

Fiji's Prime Minister, Commodore Frank Bainimarama met with the Vanuatu Prime

Minister Moana Carcasses Kalosil in New York to sign a Memorandum of Understanding

on development cooperation.

The MOU articulates the desire of both countries to strengthen their relations through

cooperation on a number of key areas.

The Vanuatu Independent reports that the MOU encompasses a broad range of issues including bilateral trade and investment; education, youth and human resource development, labour mobility, immigration and commerce.

The MOU is envisaged to also further strengthen collaboration by the two countries within

the framework of the MSG agreement.