No further sanctions against Fiji (Newstalk ZB)

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Auckland : New Zealand | about 1 month ago

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Foreign Minister Murray McCully is against imposing further sanctions against Fiji, in the wake of the expulsion of the Acting Head of Mission in Suva. Todd Cleaver was given 24 hours to leave, in retaliation for travel sanctions imposed on the country's newly-appointed judges.

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