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Prosperity, security of Pacific ‘fraying,’ New Zealand warns in UN address
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Riyaz ul Khaliq | 24.09.2023 - Update : 24.09.2023
ISTANBUL
New Zealand warned Saturday about the “fraying” prosperity and security of the Pacific.
“New Zealand has long and deep connections to the Pacific through language, peoples, ocean, history, culture, politics and shared interests,” Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta told the 78th session of the UN General Assembly in New York.
“We are concerned that the order that has underpinned prosperity and security in our region for most of the past seven decades is increasingly fraying,” she said.
Mahuta said New Zealand does “not believe that recent events witnessed in other parts of the world need become the inevitable trajectory of our Blue Pacific region.”
“Diplomacy is our strongest tool. Peace and stability is our goal,” she said. The regional architecture must be “inclusive and provide space for all those who wish to contribute positively to our region.”...
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/p...aying-new-zealand-warns-in-un-address/2999903
Foreign minister says Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ‘heightened nuclear risks’
Riyaz ul Khaliq | 24.09.2023 - Update : 24.09.2023
ISTANBUL
New Zealand warned Saturday about the “fraying” prosperity and security of the Pacific.
“New Zealand has long and deep connections to the Pacific through language, peoples, ocean, history, culture, politics and shared interests,” Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta told the 78th session of the UN General Assembly in New York.
“We are concerned that the order that has underpinned prosperity and security in our region for most of the past seven decades is increasingly fraying,” she said.
Mahuta said New Zealand does “not believe that recent events witnessed in other parts of the world need become the inevitable trajectory of our Blue Pacific region.”
“Diplomacy is our strongest tool. Peace and stability is our goal,” she said. The regional architecture must be “inclusive and provide space for all those who wish to contribute positively to our region.”...
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/p...aying-new-zealand-warns-in-un-address/2999903