List of international trips made by Winston Peters as Minister of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand

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This is a list of international visits undertaken by Winston Peters while Minister of Foreign Affairs within New Zealand. Peters served as Foreign Minister under three different Prime Ministers, Helen Clark, Jacinda Ardern, and Christopher Luxon.

International Trips as Foreign Minister under Helen Clark[edit]

Peters as Foreign Minister from 19 October 2005 to 29 August 2008.

International trips as foreign minister under Jacinda Ardern[edit]

Peters as Foreign Minister from 26 October 2017 to 6 November 2020

Country Locations Details Dates
1 Vietnam [1] 7–15 November 2017
2 Australia Sydney [1] 1–2 March 2018
3 SamoaTongaCook IslandsNauru [1] 4–9 March 2018
4 BelgiumUnited KingdomSingapore 2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting[1] 12–25 April 2018
5 New Caledonia [1] 4–6 May 2018
6 Japan [1] 18–21 May 2018
7 China Beijing [1] 24–27 May 2018
8 Singapore [1] 2–8 August 2018
9 Samoa Apia [1] 9-11 August 2018
10 Australia Canberra [1] 21–23 August 2018
11 Vanuatu Port Vila [1] 23–25 August 2018
12 Nauru [1] 3–6 September 2018
13 ThailandIndonesia Bangkok

Jakarta

[1] 1–6 October 2018
14 Australia Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne [1] 6 November 2018
15 SwedenUnited KingdomFranceIreland [1] 8–14 November 2018
16 Singapore [1] 14–15 November 2018
17 Papua New Guinea [1] 15–16 November 201
18 United States Washington, D.C. [1] 13–19 December 2018
19 FijiKiribatiTuvalu [2] 26 February – 2 March 2019
20 TurkeyIndonesia [3] 20 March 2019
21 Malaysia [3] 26–28 March 2019
22 DenmarkIcelandNorwayFinland [4] 21–28 April 2019
23 Fiji Suva [5] 14–16 May 2019
24 Cook Islands [5] 24–26 May 2019
25 VanuatuSolomon Islands [6] 4–8 June 2019
26 ChilePeru Santiago

Lima

[7] 2–6 July 2019
27 United States Washington, D.C. [7] 15–20 July 2019
28 Fiji Suva [7] 25–27 July 2019
29 Thailand Bangkok [7] 31 July – 4 August 2019
30 Papua New GuineaAustralia [8] 2–5 October 2019
31 South KoreaJapan [8] 28 October – 3 November 2019
32 United States Washington, D.C. [9] 13–17 November 2019
33 Japan [9] 22–24 November 2019
34 United Arab Emirates [9] 26–30 November 2019
35 Samoa Apia [10] 13–14 December 2019
36 India [11] 25–29 February 2020

International Trips as Foreign Minister under Christopher Luxon[edit]

Peters as Foreign Minister from 27 November 2023 to present.

Country Locations Details Dates
1 Fiji Suva Met with Prime Minister of Fiji Sitiveni Rabuka and Pacific Islands Forum Secretary-General Henry Puna.[12] 15–16 December 2023
2 Australia Melbourne Attended the inaugural Australia and New Zealand Foreign and Defence Ministers’ Meeting, alongside Minister of Defence Judith Collins to meet their Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong and Minister for Defence Richard Marles.[13] 31 January 2024
3 Tonga Nukuʻalofa Met with the Prime Minister of Tonga Siaosi Sovaleni, Minister of Foreign Affairs Fekitamoeloa ʻUtoikamanu, Minister of Health Siale ʻAkau'ola, and Minister of Finance Tiofilusi Tiueti.[14][15] 6 February 2024
4 Cook Islands Avarua Met with the Prime Minister of the Cook Islands Mark Brown.[15][16] 7 February 2024
5 Samoa Apia Met with the Samoan Head of State Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II and Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa.[15][17][18] 8 February 2024
6 India Ahmedabad

New Delhi

Met with the Chief Minister of Gujarat Bhupendrabhai Patel, External Affair's Minister S. Jaishankar, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval.[19][20] 10–13 March 2024
7 Indonesia Jakarta Met with then Minister of Defence and President-Elect Prabowo Subianto and Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi.[19][21][22] 14–15 March 2024
8 Singapore Singapore Met with Minister of Foreign Affairs Maliki Osman, Minister of Defence Ng Eng Hen, and Chair of the Clermont Group Richard Chandler.[19][23] 15 March 2024
9 Egypt Cairo Met with Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit.[24] 1 April 2024
10 Poland Warsaw Met with Radosław Sikorski and Ukrainian refugees.[24] 2 April 2024
11 Belgium Brussels Met with Foreign Ministers from across NATO including Antony Blinken and David Cameron.[24] 3–4 April 2024
12 Sweden Stockholm Met with Foreign Minister Tobias Billström.[24] 5–6 April 2024
13 United States

United Nations

New York City

Washington, D.C.

Met with Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres, President of the General Assembly of the United Nations Dennis Francis (diplomat), Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and Senators Lindsey Graham and Chris Van Hollen.[25][26][27][28][29] 6–12 April 2024
14 Turkey Istanbul

Gallipoli

Met with Minister of Foreign Affairs Hakan Fidan, Australian Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles, and American Ambassador to Turkey Jeff Flake for Anzac Day celebrations.[30][31][32] 22–28 April 2024

References[edit]

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