Photo: RNZ / Angus Dreaver
The Pacific Islands Forum Chair, Tonga Prime Minister Hu'akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni, is waiting for Paris to approve a Pacific mission to New Caledonia.
It has been almost three months now since protests led to grave civil unrest in the French Pacific archipelago (13 May), in protest of a French Constitutional amendment.
Hu'akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni told RNZ Pacific'sLydia Lewis New Caledonia is a Forum member, and the Troika wants to see how it can help: