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Having led the country since that time, his Fiji First party was democratically elected for the first time in September this year.But in a country that has been under authoritarian rule for the past eight years, experts question how strong the relationship between our two nations can be. (Image: United Nations Photo on Flickr.)

A recent visit to Fiji by Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has laid the groundwork to rebuild relations between the countries, after sanctions imposed on the island nation were finally lifted. The sanctions, originally laid by the Howard government 8 years ago, were in response to Navy leader’s Frank Bainimarama dissolution of the then government in a military coup.

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Tuesday, November 4 2014

Produced By Julian van der Zee

Featured in storyStewart Firth - Research Fellow, College of Asia and the Pacific at Australian National UniversityDr Michael O'Keefe - Deputy Director, Institute of Human Security at La Trobe University

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