Fiji's interim prime minister Commodore Frank Bainimarama has restated that he welcomes the New Zealand government's decision to continue talks with Fiji.
This follows talks in Fiji this month between the New Zealand foreign minister, Murray McCully, and his Fiji counterpart, Ratu Inoke Kubuabola.
The two agreed to send counsellors to the two countries' respective embassies to improve strained ties.
Commodore Bainimarama has told Fjivillage website that New Zealand wants to restore full diplomatic ties in the near future.
His regime had expelled New Zealand's top diplomat in November, the third time in two years that Fiji sent home Wellington's top representative in Suva.
The expulsion in November was met by New Zealand sending home Fiji's high commissioner.
The interim regime is opposed to the 2000 New Zealand policy of refusing entry visas to Fiji coupmakers and their associates.