21 June 2024
Bhoe Gyalo
[FYI request #27268 email]
Ref: PMO OIA 287-2023-24
Dear Bhoe Gyalo
Official Information Act request: Prime Minister Luxon and Chinese Premier Li Qiang's
meeting in New Zealand
Thank you for your request made under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), received
on 15 June 2024. You requested:
I would like to request all official/unofficial meeting briefings/details between
yourself and China's Premier Li Qiang that was around human rights issues in
China; in particular Tibet.
Did you bring up the topic of basic human rights issues in Tibet and the violation
of freedom of the ethnically minority Tibetan people inside China? Were any
concerns raised by yourself on this matter when the Premier was here in New
Zealand?
Meeting dates - 13-15th June 2024.
I believe your request for information about the Prime Minister’s meeting with Chinese
Premier Li Qiang's in New Zealand is more closely connected to the functions of the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Accordingly, I have decided to partially transfer your
request to MFAT, for any advice prepared by their agency, under section 14(b)(ii) of the Act.
This office will also respond to your request with any information we may hold that did not
originate from MFAT.
MFAT has the usual time limits from receipt of this transfer to make a decision on your
request.
Yours sincerely
Cameron Burrows
Chief of Staff