The travel advice has been updated to alert New Zealanders, Winston Peters said.
WELLINGTON:
New Zealand has suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong and made a number of other changes in the wake of China’s decision to pass a national security law for the territory, the territory said on Tuesday. Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters.
“New Zealand can no longer believe that Hong Kong’s criminal justice system is sufficiently independent from China,” Peters said in a statement.
“If China shows its adherence to the ‘one country, two systems’ framework in the future, then we may reconsider this decision.”
Beijing imposed new legislation on the former British colony earlier this month despite protests from Hong Kongers and Western countries, putting the financial center on a more authoritarian path.
Australia, Canada and the UK all suspended extradition treaties with Hong Kong earlier this month. US President Donald Trump has ended preferential economic treatment for Hong Kong.
Peters said New Zealand will treat exports of military and dual-use goods and technology to Hong Kong in the same way it treats such exports to China as part of a review of its overall relationship with Hong Kong. Kong.
The travel advice has been updated to alert New Zealanders to the risks presented by the new security law, he added.
China is New Zealand’s largest trading partner, with annual bilateral trade recently exceeding NZ $ 32 billion ($ 21 billion).
New Zealand’s ties with China have recently frayed after the peaceful nation backed Taiwan’s participation in the World Health Organization (WHO).
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