The Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill is set to visit Bougainville in two weeks' time.
The Post Courier newspaper reports a team is in Bougainville to prepare for the landmark visit.
Peter O'Neill will visit Buka, Arawa and Panguna starting on January the 27th.
Mr O'Neill will be the first Prime Minister to visit Central and South Bougainville since the peace agreement was signed on August the 2nd, 2002.
He will also be the second Prime Minister to visit since Bill Skate arrived in Arawa in 1998 to broker the ceasefire between the PNG Government and the rebels.
The Central Bougainville MP and Communications Minister, Jimmy Miringtoro, says Bougainville is set to receive impact projects worth $185.7 million US dollars this year.
He said there are no hidden motives for Mr O'Neill's visit and that he is not going to "dig for gold", regarding the development of the Panguna mine.
