NZ didn't join 'Five Eyes' in statement on Hong Kong

NZ didn't join 'Five Eyes' in statement on Hong Kong
Rebecca Howard
New Zealand did not join Canada, the UK, the US and Australia in a joint declaration condemning China’s national security legislation on Hong Kong although Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters did reiterate the government’s “deep concern" about the situation.  New Zealand is a member of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance with those four countries. “On important issues like this, New Zealand will sometimes decide to join other like-minded countries and sometimes to make a statement alone,” a spokesperson for the Minister of Foreign Affair...

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