Defence Minister Judith Collins departs right this moment, February 11, for Germany to attend the worldwide Munich Safety Convention.
“In a turbulent and unpredictable world, the Munich Safety Convention is a crucial alternative to debate key safety points that affect New Zealand,” she says.
“This yr the convention brings collectively international decision-makers and army leaders from greater than 100 international locations, working to bolster cooperation, collective safety and the peaceable decision of conflicts.”
Throughout the three-day convention Collins will maintain bilateral conferences with quite a few New Zealand’s long-standing defence companions, together with the UK’s Secretary of Defence, John Healey, and NATO Secretary Common Mark Rutte.
She’ll additionally converse at a session targeted on the interconnected nature of safety challenges within the Indo-Pacific and Euro-Atlantic areas.
“I sit up for sharing New Zealand’s views on a spread of worldwide points, notably the interconnected safety challenges going through each of our areas comparable to Russia’s unlawful invasion of Ukraine and escalating strategic competitors.
“As a small nation reliant on commerce on the backside of the southwest Pacific, we should take each alternative to take a seat on the desk and advocate for our pursuits and values.”
Collins will return to New Zealand on February16.
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