New Zealand's Defense Minister Judith Collins told Radio New Zealand on Monday that the live-fire activities happened on “a couple of hours’ notice” rather than the expected 12 to 24 hours.
New Zealand's foreign minister was meeting senior officials in China on Wednesday, just days after both his government and Australia said that Chinese warships should have given more warning before conducting live-fire exercises in waters between their countries.
The report said that both Han and Peters said their countries attach importance to developing bilateral relations, and that Peters said New Zealand is willing to deepen economic and trade cooperation.
The New Zealand government was angered earlier this month when Cook Islands refused to share the text of a draft agreement with China to boost cooperation.
Last Friday, passenger flights between Australia and New Zealand hurriedly diverted after Chinese naval vessels warned pilots they were flying above a live-fire exercise.
