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Updated Wednesday, October 10, 2007 0:00 am TWN, AFP

Solomons Islands PM to skip Pacific forum

HONIARA -- The Solomon Islands prime minister will boycott a summit of Pacific leaders next week because of a dispute over an Australian-led assistance mission in his country, officials said Tuesday. As part of a long-running battle with Canberra, Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has been trying to dilute Australia’s influence in the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI).

But the Pacific Islands Forum, a regional grouping, has come out in support of RAMSI, leading to Sogavare’s decision to stay away, Sogavare’s secretary Rence Sore said. “It is a cabinet decision that the Solomon Islands will not attend the forum this year,” Sore said.

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