New Zealand’s Ardern Urges China to Condemn Russia’s Ukraine War

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern urged China to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, saying Beijing has benefited from international rules and has a duty to uphold them.

“As history shows us repeatedly, when large countries disregard sovereignty and territorial integrity with a sense of impunity, it does not bode well particularly for small countries like New Zealand,” Ardern said in a speech to the China Business Summit Monday in Auckland.