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Commonwealth SG in Fiji

August 31, 2015 7:22 pm

Commonwealth Secretary General Kamalesh Sharma is on an official visit to the country.

Sharma is the first senior most official from the Commonwealth Secretariat to visit Fiji since democratic elections were held in Fiji last September.

Fiji was suspended from the Commonwealth for the December 2006 political upheaval.

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Sharma paid a courtesy call to President Ratu Epeli Nailatikau in Suva yesterday.

He is also expected to meet with other Government officials.

Sharma will attend the Pacific Islands Development Forum Summit which begins tomorrow at the Grand Pacific Hotel.