1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,360 Speaker 1: It's all happening on the China front today, Winston Peter's 2 00:00:02,400 --> 00:00:04,720 Speaker 1: meeting with China's foreign minister. This is one year. This 3 00:00:04,760 --> 00:00:08,119 Speaker 1: is happening tonight at around ten o'clock our time. Details 4 00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:11,879 Speaker 1: continued to leak around this Cook's deal. Apparently China has 5 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:17,360 Speaker 1: insisted that the Cooks not attend any bilateral or multilateral 6 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: meetings international meetings without Beijing's say so. That reporting from 7 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:25,520 Speaker 1: Richard Harmon at Politic. Meanwhile, three warships have re entered 8 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 1: Australia's Exclusive economic zone off the coast of Hobart. Dr 9 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:33,480 Speaker 1: Keith Suter is with Channel seventies, Australia's foreign editor there 10 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:36,120 Speaker 1: and international relations expert Keith good Evening. 11 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:37,720 Speaker 2: Yes's good evening, Ryan. 12 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:41,040 Speaker 1: First of all, entering your ez, is that a big deal? 13 00:00:42,440 --> 00:00:44,879 Speaker 2: Well, they have a right to do that. There's been 14 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:49,400 Speaker 2: no violation of international law. They've caused all sorts of 15 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:52,199 Speaker 2: problems in the way in which they've conducted themselves, but 16 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:55,040 Speaker 2: they haven't actually violated international law. And at the time 17 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:58,520 Speaker 2: they were carrying out the live firing drills, they were 18 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:02,200 Speaker 2: on these high seas between Australia and New Zealand. But 19 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:03,800 Speaker 2: it does point up to the need that we need 20 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 2: to get agreement between Australia and New Zealand and China 21 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 2: on how the Chinese behave when they're in our corner 22 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:11,120 Speaker 2: of the world. 23 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:13,640 Speaker 1: Reporting that the Cook Islands is being going to be 24 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:18,160 Speaker 1: prevented by their own signing from attending any international or 25 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 1: multi national multilateral meetings without Beijing say so, what do 26 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:23,520 Speaker 1: you make of that? 27 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:27,840 Speaker 2: Yes, I'm intrigued by that. There has been an agreement 28 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 2: signed in the last few weeks between the Chinese and 29 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:35,080 Speaker 2: Mark Brown, the Prime Minister of the Cook Islands, on 30 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:39,240 Speaker 2: what's called the Blue Economy, which will give China access 31 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:43,600 Speaker 2: to the marine reserves and environment around the Cook Islands, 32 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:46,399 Speaker 2: which is a huge area. Of course, Cook Islands only 33 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 2: have a very small population, a resident population about fifteen 34 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 2: Thousand's actually got more living Cook Islanders in New Zealand 35 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:55,960 Speaker 2: than there are back on the Cook Islands. But they've 36 00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:58,720 Speaker 2: got a huge amount of the Pacific Ocean for which 37 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 2: they're responsible adopted this new agreement. Now, how much more 38 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:04,920 Speaker 2: the Cook Islands is going to sign over to China. 39 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:05,840 Speaker 2: It's very worrying. 40 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:09,040 Speaker 1: Indeed, absolutely, thanks so much for your time, Keith suit 41 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:12,080 Speaker 1: it with us. He's Channel seven, Australia's foreign editor and 42 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:15,280 Speaker 1: international relations expert thirteen minutes after five. Just so that 43 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:17,919 Speaker 1: you know, this is from Richard Harmond's report. He says, 44 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 1: in addition to this requirement, that they consult with Beijing 45 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:23,160 Speaker 1: on you know, before they go and have a meeting 46 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:26,040 Speaker 1: with someone else from around the world. Another the other 47 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 1: one that's raising eyebrows in this action plan is that 48 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:33,240 Speaker 1: the two countries provide support to the candidates of each 49 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 1: of the other two countries during the elections of various 50 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 1: boards and committees of the organizations to which we both belong. 51 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:43,680 Speaker 1: So you can imagine, I don't know, someone's running to 52 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 1: be the head of the UN or something, and you're 53 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:50,680 Speaker 1: basically committing to supporting each other. This say Country Inside 54 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 1: the Realm of New Zealand. For more from Heather Duplessy 55 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:56,919 Speaker 1: Allen Drive, listen live to news talks. 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