Come with an open mind and we will be ready to engage.
That's the comments of Fiji's Acting Prime Minister Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum in relation to the Maori Party's plan to visit Fiji to find out what is happening on the ground and how Fiji can be assisted.
Sayed-Khaiyum said Prime Minister Commodore Bainimarama will make the final decision when the Maori Party makes the request.
Audio 1
Meanwhile, Sayed-Khaiyum said the Forum Ministerial Contact Group can also have discussions with the Fiji government.
However, Sayed-Khaiyum said the group should not come with pre-conceived ideas.
He said the fact that the governments of Solomon Islands and Tuvalu have said publically that they wanted the Pacific Islands Forum to hold off the decision to suspend Fiji, shows that it was not a unanimous decision.
Sayed-Khaiyum also questions why Fiji is still being pushed to have elections under an un-democratic system.
Audio 2
Meanwhile, the Pacific Islands Forum through the Ministerial Contact Group wants to have a meeting with the Fiji government.
Forum Chair and Niue Premier Toke Talagi said plans are underway to try to speak to Commodore Frank Bainimarama but that will depend on the Ministerial Contact Group.
Come with an open mind
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