Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
Prime Minister
Rt Hon Winston Peters
Minister of Foreign Affairs
27 March 2018
Salisbury attack - NZ Government to keep next steps under review
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters say the New Zealand Government will keep under
review what further actions it can take to support the international community over the Salisbury attack.
“We remain steadfast with our international partners in our shared concern about the Salisbury nerve agent attack,” said
Jacinda Ardern.
“While other countries have announced they are expelling undeclared Russian intelligence agents, officials have advised
there are no individuals here in New Zealand who fit this profile. If there were, we would have already taken action.”
Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters says from the very beginning New Zealand has been clear in expressing its
condemnation over the Salisbury attack.
“As part of our ongoing support for the United Kingdom, along with the international community, we will keep possible
future actions under review and remain in close contact with our international partners,” said Winston Peters.
“In recent days the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade has called in the Russian Ambassador in Wellington to
reiterate our serious concern about the likely Russian source of the nerve agent used in Salisbury, and delivered the
same message in Moscow,” he said.
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