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 serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs within New Zealand. Peters served as Foreign Minister under three different Prime Ministers, Helen Clark, Jacinda Ardern, and Christopher Luxon.

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Winston Peters

Early political career

Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand

New Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs

Rise to power, 1990-1999

Fifth Labour Government

Sixth Labour Government

Sixth National Government

Winston Peters's signature

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  Samoa Tonga Cook Islands Nauru [1] 4-9 March 2018
4  Belgium United Kingdom Singapore 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  Thailand Indonesia Bangkok

Jakarta

[1] 1-6 October 2018
14  Australia Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne [1] 6 November 2018
15  Sweden United Kingdom France Ireland [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  Fiji Kiribati Tuvalu [2] 26 February - 2 March 2019
20  Turkey Indonesia [3] 20 March 2019
21  Malaysia [3] 26-28 March 2019
22  Denmark Iceland Norway Finland [4] 21-28 April 2019
23  Fiji Suva [5] 14-16 May 2019
24  Cook Islands [5] 24-26 May 2019
25  Vanuatu Solomon Islands [6] 4-8 June 2019
26  Chile Peru 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 Guinea Australia [8] 2-5 October 2019
31  South Korea Japan [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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  3. ^ a b "Rt. Hon. Winston Peters Ministerial Diary Summary 1 - 31 March 2019" (PDF).
  4. ^ "Rt Hon Winston Peters Ministerial Diary Summary 1 - 30 April 2019" (PDF).
  5. ^ a b "Rt Hon Winston Peters Ministerial Diary Summary 1 - 31 May 2019" (PDF).
  6. ^ "Rt Hon Winston Peters Diary Summary 1 - 30 June 2019" (PDF).
  7. ^ a b c d "Rt Hon Winston Peters Diary Summary 1 - 31 July 2019" (PDF).
  8. ^ a b "Rt Hon Winston Peters Ministerial Diary Summary 1 - 31 October 2019" (PDF).
  9. ^ a b c "Rt Hon Winston Peters Ministerial Diary Summary 1 - 30 November 2019" (PDF).
  10. ^ "Rt Hon Winston Peters Ministerial Diary Summary 1 - 31 December 2019" (PDF).
  11. ^ "Rt Hon Winston Peters Ministerial Diary Summary 1 - 29 February 2020" (PDF).
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  13. ^ "NZ-Aust Foreign Affairs, Defence ministers to meet | Beehive.govt.nz". www.beehive.govt.nz. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
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  18. ^ Peters, Winston. "X".
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  24. ^ a b c d "Travel focused on traditional partners and Middle East | Beehive.govt.nz". www.beehive.govt.nz. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
  25. ^ "Peters to visit New York, Washington D.C. | Beehive.govt.nz". www.beehive.govt.nz. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
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  29. ^ Peters, Winston. "NewZealandMFA".
  30. ^ "Anzac commemorations, Türkiye relationship focus of visit | Beehive.govt.nz". www.beehive.govt.nz. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
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  32. ^ Peters, Winston. ""NewZealandMFA"".
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