Fiji, April 5 -- The Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Secretariat's 2024 Work Programme and Budget was endorsed by the MSG Foreign Ministers Meeting (FMM) following the conclusion of the Governing Body meetings in Port Vila, Vanuatu last week.

The 2024 Budget represented a surplus budget.

The FMM sat to deliberate on recommendations put forward to it by the preceding Budget Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) which was convened at the MSG Secretariat.

In his opening remarks, the Chair of FMM,Johnny Koanapo Rasou, Acting Deputy Prime Minister & Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and External Trade of Vanuatu expressed his appreciation to Members for their commitment towards the convening of the meeting, saying it demonst...