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What interventions, if any, did the Minister or his officials make during the recent Pacific Islands Forum Foreign Ministers Meeting or associated Forum Officials Committee meeting, on the topic of the joint statement on the submarine launched ballistic missile test by China?

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Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  • What interventions, if any, did the Minister or his officials make during the recent Pacific Islands Forum Foreign Ministers Meeting or associated Forum Officials Committee meeting, on the topic of the joint statement on the submarine launched ballistic missile test by China?

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Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs

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We reiterated New Zealand's position that the missile test of 6 July was contrary to the intent and purpose of the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone.