Indonesia funding

Indonesia helps finance Melanesian Spearhead Group secretariat

The secretariat, based in Vanuatu's capital Port Vila, has experienced funding limitations in recent years.

The five full members - Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Fiji, Solomon Islands and New Caledonia's FLNKS Kanaks Movement - are meant to pay annual contributions.

However, some members have struggled to pay their dues on time in the past few years.

According to a spokesman for Indonesia's embassy in Australia, Sade Bimantara, Jakarta has been helping the MSG out.