A MAJOR reconciliation is being planned between the Autonomous Bougainville Government leaders and the national Government this week in Port Moresby.
ABG President John Momis and his ministers, including administrative leaders, will be in Port Moresby today for two very important ceremonies.
According to the organisers and the leaders responsible for the program, Mr Momis and his team will travel to Port Moresby to witness the reconciliation ceremony between two Bougainvillean MPs and Ministers – Bougainville Affairs Minister Steven Kamma and Communications Minister Jimmy Mirngtoro.
The other major event will be a reconciliation ceremony between Prime Minister Peter O’Neill and the ABG leaders, which will take place in Port Moresby, facilitated by the Office of the National Coordination of Bougainville Affairs and the ABG leadership.
The organisers told the Post-Courier that these gestures have to be carried out and will be witnessed before Prime Minister Peter O’Neill and his entourage of ministers and leaders take their trip to Bougainville next week.
The ceremony kicks off on Wednesday at the NACOBA office.
The Prime Minister is expected to travel to Buka on January 27 and will visit Arawa, Panguna and South Bougainville during the two day visit.
20.01.2013
Source: Radio New Zealand International
PNG PM to visit Bougainville's Panguna at end of month
The Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill is set to visit Bougainville in two weeks' time.
The Post Courier newspaper reports a team is in Bougainville to prepare for the landmark visit.
Peter O'Neill will visit Buka, Arawa and Panguna starting on January the 27th.
Mr O'Neill will be the first Prime Minister to visit Central and South Bougainville since the peace agreement was signed on August the 2nd, 2002.
He will also be the second Prime Minister to visit since Bill Skate arrived in Arawa in 1998 to broker the ceasefire between the PNG Government and the rebels.
The Central Bougainville MP and Communications Minister, Jimmy Miringtoro, says Bougainville is set to receive impact projects worth $185.7 million US dollars this year.
He said there are no hidden motives for Mr O'Neill's visit and that he is not going to "dig for gold", regarding the development of the Panguna mine.
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