List of international prime ministerial trips made by Christopher Luxon

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This is a list of international prime ministerial trips made by Christopher Luxon, the 42nd Prime Minister of New Zealand.

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon who took the office of Prime Minister of New Zealand on 27 November 2023 made his first prime ministerial trip to meet with his counter-part Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese on 20 December 2023 in Sydney.[1]

Summary

The number of visits per country where Prime Minister Luxon traveled are:

  • Two: Australia

2023

Country Locations Dates Details
 Australia Sydney 20 December 2023 Luxon met with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and affirmed New Zealand's nuclear-free policy but expressed openness to joining the non-nuclear pillar of the AUKUS agreement. He also stated that New Zealand was keen to do its share of "heavy lifting" in the Australia-New Zealand defence relationship.[2]

2024

Country Locations Dates Details
 Australia Melbourne 5–6 March 2024 Luxon was invited to attend the Australia-ASEAN Summit. Luxon met with Bruneian Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, and Victoria Premier Jacinta Allan. He also spoke at the business breakfast hosted by ANZ and met with trans-Tansman business leaders.[3][4][5]

Luxon had to take a commercial flight from Wellington to Auckland and then to Melbourne, as there are no direct flights from Wellington to Melbourne, due to maintenance issues on the New Zealand Defence Force Boeing 757 aircraft.[6]

Multilateral meetings

Prime Minister Luxon is scheduled to attend the following summits during his prime ministership.

Group Year
2024 2025 2026
UNGA September,
United States New York City		 September,
United States New York City		 September,
United States New York City
APEC November,
Peru Cusco		 TBA,
 South Korea		 TBA
EAS
(ASEAN)		 TBA,
Laos Vientiane		 TBA TBA
CHOGM October,
Samoa Apia		 None TBA
PIF August,
Tonga Nukuʻalofa		 TBA,
Solomon Islands Honiara		 TBA
NATO 9–11 July,
United States Washington, D.C.		 TBA,
 Netherlands		 TBA
██ = Future event

See also

References

  1. ^ Desmarais, Felix (20 December 2023). "Christopher Luxon off to Sydney for first official overseas visit". 1 News. TVNZ. Archived from the original on 21 December 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  2. ^ Dexter, Giles (21 December 2023). "Luxon 'exploring' non-nuclear part of AUKUS pact". Radio New Zealand. Archived from the original on 21 December 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  3. ^ Desmarais, Felix (4 March 2024). "Prime Minister Christopher Luxon will travel to Melbourne tomorrow to meet with Southeast Asian leaders". 1 News.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ Witton, Bridie (4 March 2024). "Christopher Luxon faces first major diplomatic test with Asean leaders". Stuff.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ Luxon, Christopher [@chrisluxonmp] (5 March 2024). "Just touched down in Melbourne, where I'm looking forward to meeting with ASEAN leaders taking part in the Australia-ASEAN Summit. It's an important opportunity to strengthen friendships as our Government looks to step up New Zealand's commitment to South East Asia" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. ^ "'Maintenance fault' on Defence Force plane forces Luxon to fly to Australia commercially". Radio New Zealand. 5 March 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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