EUROPEAN UNION FREEZES BILATERAL AID TO FIJI PENDING CONSTITUTIONAL COURT Submitted by admin on Thu, 12/13/2001 - 00:00
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SUVA, Fiji Islands (December 12, 2001 - Oceania Flash/SPC) -A troika of European Union representatives based in Suva on Tuesday reiterated the EU s position that a total of over US$ 20 million worth of bilateral aid to Fiji would remain frozen pending a Court ruling in February regarding the constitutionality of the current government.
The delegation, which consisted of European Commission Pacific delegation head Frans Baan, British High Commissioner Michael Price (representing the current Chair country of Europe) and French Ambassador Jean-Pierre Vidon, called on the State House and was received by Fiji s Vice President Ratu Jope Seniloli.