Last month, the MSG secretariat scheduled this week's meeting in Port Vila for leaders of its members to discuss a West Papuan bid for full membership.
However RNZ reports there will not be a leader’s summit component at this week's meetings, with the expectation that they will now meet early in the New Year.
But yesterday in Vila, MSG senior officials met, and today the group's foreign ministers are to meet, to discuss the findings of a constitutional committee that has reviewed MSG rules on membership.
