Photo: NZ HeraldPrime Minister Jacinda Ardern is expected to participate in the upcoming Nato Leaders Summit, becoming the first New Zealand leader to do so. Ardern is expected to participate in a session focused on the Asia-Pacific region and meet with a range of foreign leaders. While ministers, including Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta, have attended previous Nato meetings, this is the first time New Zealand has been invited to the Leaders Summit. "So I think that's probably why, given the dramatic backdrop of the war in Ukraine, that we've been invited to Nato." At the summit, Ardern will likely want Nato leaders to "reaffirm the importance of a rules-based international order, on which this country critically depends," Patman said.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 17, 2022 22:12 UTC