China's President Xi Jinping has told New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern that the two countries are "sincere friends". Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern described the talks as constructive. China's President Xi Jinping said New Zealand was a "sincere friend and co-operative partner", one of his country's closest relationships with the developed West. Many billions of dollars in trade secured and the foundations laid for more in a refreshed free trade agreement to upgrade that signed a decade earlier. And back then we could count on more support from other good friends, including the United States.

Source: Stuff April 02, 2019 15:56 UTC