The Solomon Islands prime minister Manasseh Sogavare has confirmed that his government will be bidding for the 2023 South Pacific Games.
Asking for a special adjournment in parliament, he said a delegation would be travelling to Vanuatu to make the bid.
In recent months, the government revealed it was interested in bidding and promised to back the bid with funding.
Mr Sogavare says members of parliament will be part of this delegation.
The leader of the opposition Independent Group, Dr Derek Sikua, wished the government success in the bid.
He said the Pacific Games had eluded Solomon Islands for far too long, and said the last games, the Mini Games the country held in 1982, was too long ago.
Source:
Radio New Zealand International