Secretary-General holds talks with Vanuatu’s leaders

Maximising Vanuatu's membership of the Commonwealth, including enhancing the country's benefits from development programmes, was among the issues discussed between Commonwealth Secretary-General Don McKinnon and Vanuatu's President Kalkot Mataskelekele, Prime Minister Ham Lini and other ministers in the country's capital Port Vila on 1 November 2006.

Mr McKinnon, who was on a two-day visit to Vanuatu, left for London on 1 November, concluding a two-week tour of Commonwealth Pacific countries, which included high-level discussions in Fiji Islands and Solomon Islands.

Key Links:

• Vanuatu Country Profile