C'wealth 'likely' to suspend Fiji
The Commonwealth is likely to suspend Fiji's membership later this week after its latest coup, the grouping's secretary general Don McKinnon said yesterday, condemning the military takeover. Foreign ministers from nine Commonwealth countries will meet in London on Friday to discuss the situation after Fiji's military commander seized control of the country -- the former British colony's fourth coup in two decades.
"The likelihood of Fiji being suspended is very high," McKinnon told reporters, adding that the Commonwealth "unreservedly condemns any military action against a democratically elected government".
Foreign ministers from Canada, Britain, Lesotho, Tanzania, Papua New Guinea, St Lucia, Malta, Malaysia and Sri Lanka will meet in the Commonwealth Secretariat in London to consider suspension and other action against Fiji.
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