The Prime Minister of Tonga and chairman of the Pacific Islands Forum Ministerial Contact Group on Fiji Doctor Feleti Sevele has invited a ministerial representative from the Fiji government to be part of a meeting in New Zealand on Monday.

The Contact Group will meet in Auckland.

The MCG is a grouping of Forum member state Foreign Ministers which includes the Prime Ministers of Samoa, Tonga and Tuvalu, in their respective capacities as Foreign Ministers of their countries, and the Foreign Ministers of Australia, NZ and Papua New Guinea.

It has been confirmed by the Forum Secretariat that the Government of Fiji has been invited by Doctor Sevele with the concurrence of other Ministers, to send a ministerial representative to provide perspectives on Fiji's situation and the path back to democratic governance.

Following the Auckland meeting on Monday, Doctor Sevele will provide a report to the Pacific Islands Forum Chair for consideration by leaders at the 2010 Forum Meeting in Port Vila, Vanuatu from the 3rd to the 6th of August.

The Fiji government is yet to confirm on whether a ministerial representative will attend the Monday meeting in Auckland.