Maohi: French Minister Baroin Due in Tahiti Next Week
The French minister in charge of overseas territories, Francois Baroin, is to make his first ministerial visit to French Polynesia from the end of next week, Radio New Zealand International reports.
Press reports in Tahiti said Mr Baroin will stay for four days before continuing his tour with a visit to New Zealand - a month after his visit to Australia and New Caledonia.
The reports said the itinerary is likely to cover several island groups, including the Marquesas in the north.
Mr Baroin met the French Polynesian leadership in Paris in
June shortly after being made a minister to replace Brigitte Girardin.
She lost the portfolio shortly after she stunned French Polynesia politicians
with a proposed French law designed to claw back powers granted to the territory
in the 2004 autonomy statute.
