‘secret’ trip
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Vanuatu
Carlot Korman’s
Officials in Vanuatu say the government kept quiet about a visit to Hungary by prime minister Maxim Carlot Korman so as not to offend China. The prime minister had reportedly left on what was called a private trip to Hungary on August 6. Officials later disclosed Carlot Korman would attend a meeting of the International Anti-Communist League in the Hungarian capital capital, Budapest. They said the govern ment was reluctant to announce the purpose of the trip because of the good relations Vanuatu enjoys with China. China built Vanuatu’s new parliament building which opened last year. ***
Consul
named
Vanuatu will soon have a consul in Noumea, New Caledonia.
The first secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ettienne Punenarai, was due to take up the post last month. According to the Noumea newspaper, Le Nouvelles Caledonienne , the appointment was announced by Vanuatu’s minister for foreign affairs, Serge Vohor, during a visit to the French Territory.