Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks during a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday, March 14, 2013. European Union heads of state and government meet for a two-day summit, beginning Thursday, to discuss the current financial crisis. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
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Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks during a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday, March 14, 2013. European Union heads of state and government meet for a two-day summit, beginning Thursday, to discuss the current financial crisis. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
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Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban listens to questions during a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday, March 14, 2013. European Union heads of state and government meet for a two-day summit, beginning Thursday, to discuss the current financial crisis. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
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Iran's Supreme National Security Council Secretary and chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili listens to a question during a final news conference in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. Negotiations with world powers over how to curb Iran's nuclear program have reached a "turning point" for the better after nearly breaking down last year, the Islamic republic's top official at diplomatic talks said Wednesday at the close of two days of delicate discussions aimed at preventing Tehran from building an atomic arsenal. (AP Photo/Pavel Mikheyev)
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A Malian soldier handles ammunitions aboard a vehicle as they enter Bourem, northern Mali, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. Mali’s military detained eight Arab men last week in Timbuktu, raising fears of further reprisals against the region’s Arab minority whose members are accused of having supported the al-Qaida-linked groups which overran northern Mali last year. (AP Photo /Pascal Guyot, Pool)
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French soldiers take position outside Bourem, northern Mali, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. Mali’s military detained eight Arab men last week in Timbuktu, raising fears of further reprisals against the region’s Arab minority whose members are accused of having supported the al-Qaida-linked groups which overran northern Mali last year. (AP Photo /Pascal Guyot, Pool)
EU considers resuming aid to Fiji
The European Union is expected to decide within months whether to resume its aid program to Fiji.
The E-U suspended its financial assistance in 2009 after the coup installed military government suspended the country's constitution, postponed democratic elections and introduced emergency rule.
Now, the E-U's delegation to the Pacific says it wants to reinstate the aid program, depending on the steps being taken by the interim government to return the country to democracy.
"We have always been intending to look at the prospect of a formal review sometime later in the year, probably around September, said Andrew Jacobs, head of the European Union's delegation to the Pacific.
Mr Jacobs told Radio Australia's Pacific Beat program the EU is currently monitoring the situation in Fiji.
"In particular, we are looking forward to the interim government delivering on a commitment that it made some time ago in relation in specifically to respect the democratic principles, the rule of law, human rights fundamental freedoms."
"We expect these principles to be fully reflected in the new constitution which we are looking forward to seeing."
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