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New Zealand foreign minister to visit counterpart in China

New Zealand foreign minister Nanaia Mahuta.
New Zealand foreign minister Nanaia Mahuta says she will discuss trade and the environment with her counterpart Qin Gang in China, among other issues. Photograph: Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images

New Zealand’s foreign minister, Nanaia Mahuta, will leave for China on Tuesday in the first visit to Beijing by a New Zealand minister since 2019.

Mahuta, who will meet her counterpart Qin Gang, said she would raise New Zealand’s concerns about key security challenges at the meeting, such as the “illegal Russian invasion of Ukraine”, and advocate for outcomes reflecting New Zealand’s values on human rights issues.

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