New Zealand’s new prime minister, Christopher Luxon, says he fully supports Foreign Minister Penny Wong’s warnings about the risk of conflict in the Indo-Pacific.
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has backed Foreign Minister Penny Wong’s warnings about China’s destabilising and provocative behaviour in the South China Sea as he urged the trans-Tasman neighbours to develop a seamless common market for defence equipment and emerging technologies.New Zealand Prime Minister says it makes sense for his country, Australia and Canada to develop a joint position on the war in Gaza.
“We know that military power is expanding, but measures to constrain military conflict are not – and there are few concrete mechanisms for averting it.” New Zealand last month announced travel bans on extremist Israeli settlers who have committed violent attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank, a policy measure some Labor MPs have urged the Albanese government to adopt.
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