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New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins had the Watties sauce on hand for his meeting with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at No 10 Downing Street.
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins is meeting with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at Number 10 Downing Street, ahead of the coronation on Saturday.
Hipkins entered Downing Street on Friday morning, local time, as part of a cavalcade of world leaders meeting with Sunak on Friday, including Brazilian President Lula da Silva and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
The meeting comes a day after the UK confirmed the new free trade agreement between the two countries would come into force from the end of this month.
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Hipkins said he was excited to talk about trade, supporting Ukraine, and climate change with Sunak.
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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak meets with New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins at No 10 Downing Street. The bunting was up for the King’s coronation to be held Saturday.
“Our countries have so much in common and so many mutual interests,” Hipkins said.
This is the first meeting between Hipkins and Sunak.
It comes following a bruising local election night for Sunak’s Conservative Party, who are set to lose to hundreds of council seats.
Sunak said the free trade agreement would be “terrific for businesses, for citizens of both of our countries, create lots of jobs.”
Not discussed at the top of meeting was the AUKUS defence procurement agreement between the UK, Australia, and the US.Hipkins said on Thursday night that he expected AUKUS to come up in the meeting.
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