New Zealand to deploy Defence Force to Red Sea (www.rnz.co.nz)
from MicroWave@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 23 Jan 2024 12:14
https://lemmy.world/post/11078844

New Zealand will send a six-member Defence Force team to help protect shipping in the Red Sea from Houthi attacks.

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, Foreign Minister Winston Peters and Defence Minister Judith Collins confirmed the plan after Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting, the first of the year.

They said no ships would enter Yemen.

In a joint statement, Luxon said the deployment was a “continuation of New Zealand’s long history of defending freedom of navigation both in the Middle East and closer to home”.

Luxon said the Houthi attacks were hurting exporters.

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