New Zealand PM refuses to say if China is ‘ally or adversary’ & abstains from calling US ‘leading democracy’

AndronETalksNews
RT
November 6, 2021
Ardern was prompted several times to take a stance on the confrontation between the US and China during an interviewwith NBC’s Chuck Todd. One question was whether New Zealanders see China as an “ally or adversary,” to which the prime minister said her people will not “determine our relationship with any country in such stacked terms.”
China is New Zealand’s biggest trading partner, which, Ardern said, does not inhibit her country from criticizing Beijing when it sees fit.
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