Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of New Zealand, Winston Peters will be paying an official visit to India on March 10-13 at the invitation of External Affairs Minister, Dr. S Jaishankar.
Deputy PM Peters will be visiting Ahmedabad and New Delhi on his first visit to India after the new government in New Zealand assumed office in November 2023. He had earlier visited India as Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister in February 2020.
In Ahmedabad, he is expected to meet the political leadership of Gujarat on March 11. On March 12, EAM Dr S Jaishankar and Deputy Prime Minister Peters are scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting in New Delhi.
According to the Ministry of External Affairs, the Deputy PM is also scheduled to have meetings with other dignitaries during his official visit to India.
India and New Zealand share warm and friendly relations based on commonalities of democratic traditions and shared values bolstered by strong people-to-people ties. The two countries are engaging in cooperation across a wide range of areas, including trade and economy, defence and security, education and research, and environment and climate change.
