WELLINGTON: Australia and New Zealand are exempt from a ban on foreign naval visits to the Solomon Islands, the country's leader said on Monday as he flagged an end to the moratorium.

Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said a review of the makeshift ban was "progressing very well, adding that "we do not expect the temporary moratorium to last for a long time."

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