New Zealand 'resets' foreign policy on Indo-Pacific security: PM

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New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon tells Nikkei Asia that the country wants to be more engaged in defense and security issues in the Indo-Pacific region. (Photo by Yuki Kohara)

RURIKA IMAHASHI and SHOICHIRO TAGUCHI, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- New Zealand is resetting its foreign policy and looking to engage more in security and defense areas in the Indo-Pacific, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said in an interview on Wednesday.

"It's a reset to focus on the Indo-Pacific region because we think that is the region that we have a lot of national interests in," Luxon told Nikkei Asia in Tokyo. Luxon's three-day visit is his first trip to Japan as prime minister, during which he has met his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida.

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