The meeting took place on Thursday 11 November 14.00 - 15h30. Ambassador Reaich, opened by thanking the EU for being the only partner to give COVID vaccines to his country. The Ambassador, the EU Chief negotiator of EU/NZ FTA, Peter Berz, and the EU Head of Division for Asia/Pacific, Reinhold Brender all agreed that Bilateral relations are very solid. The Ambassador reaffirmed the words of the The Prime Minister " that the EU is a crucial partner". The EU Indo-Pacific Strategy provides a new instrument to cooperate with NZ, with an integrated approach of different policies such as trade, connectivity security, human security (including fight against the pandemic),& cybersecurity. The 25th EU-New Zealand Inter-parliamentary Meeting is due to be held on 2 December - by remote connection with Wellington.
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