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https://www.politico.com/news/2023/0...aukus-00108455
‘Door is open’ for New Zealand to join AUKUS, Blinken says
The “door is open” for New Zealand and other countries to join the security pact between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday.
“On AUKUS as we continue to develop it … the door is very much open for New Zealand and other partners to engage as they see appropriate going forward,” Blinken told reporters in New Zealand. “We’ve long worked together on the most important national security issues, and so as we further develop AUKUS, as I said, the door is open to engagement.”…
"The door is very much open for NZ and other partners to engage as they see appropriate," said Blinken.
Soon after NZ Foreign Minister reported as saying:
But that door was later slammed shut by Mahuta.
"I'll be really clear, we're not contemplating joining AUKUS," she said.
Not only would AUKUS clash with our nuclear-free laws, but also the country's nuclear-free Pacific policy. It's a club we'd have to sell our soul to join."
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/polit...much-open.html