22 Jan 2014

EU pleased with MSG Fiji observer announcement

4:25 pm on 22 January 2014

The European Union's Ambassador to the Pacific has welcomed the appointment of the Melanesian Spearhead Group as observers for upcoming elections in Fiji.

Andrew Jacobs says he still hasn't heard about whether the EU will be invited to send a delegation of observers, but he would be happy if it was to be invited back.

Mr Jacobs says the announcement of elections observers, and the work experts from the EU, Australia and New Zealand have been doing with the elections office, are very positive signs of progress.

"Certainly there are going to be lots of logistic challenges to get the elections organised and so on but we're confident that things are certainly moving very well in the right direction."

The European Union's Ambassador to the Pacific, Andrew Jacobs.