The Papua New Guinea government says it is committed to paying the balance of a 20 million US dollar grant to Fiji to help pay for last year's Fiji elections.
Rimbink Pato says the remaining funds are ready to be disbursed. Photo: RNZI / Johnny Blades
The Post Courier reports that PNG paid the first installment before the election in September last year, saying it would pay the remainder after the poll.
The foreign affairs minister Rimbink Pato says the remaining funds are ready to be disbursed and he has reaffirmed that PNG would continue to support Fiji in implementing its parliamentary reforms.
Mr Pato, who was speaking during the commissioning of Fiji's new chancery in Port Moresby, says he appreciates the new level of diplomatic relations between the two nations shown by Fiji's concrete, visible and bold presence.
