6. Question No. 6—Foreign AffairsHon TODD McCLAY (National—Rotorua) to the Minister of Foreign AffairsQuestion No. 6—Foreign Affairs6. Hon TODD McCLAY (National—Rotorua) to the Minister of Foreign Affairs: Does he stand by all his statements on the New Zealand - China relationship?Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS (Minister of Foreign Affairs): Yes.Hon Todd McClay: Does he now support New Zealand's involvement in the One Belt One Road initiative with China?Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: When I last met the Foreign Minister for China I raised with him the issue of One Belt and One Road. It is in the communiqué that he put out after the meeting was over but what I did ask him for was: could he possibly put some flesh and some detail around the concept of a very vague document that was signed by the previous Government? That's where things sit and my colleague David Parker is going to such a meeting in April of this year.Hon Todd McClay: Does he now support New Zealand's involvement in the One Belt One Road initiative with China?Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: I want to make it very very clear to the people of this country that this is a concept that is being worked on mutually between China and New Zealand. If you look at the original memorandum of understanding that the National Party signed there is no flesh detail or certainty whatsoever. Now we don't believe in that sort of vague behaviour and we're going to do something precisely in the interests of New Zealand and indeed hopefully China as well.Hon Todd McClay: Well can the Minister explain to New Zealand why he does not support New Zealand's involvement in the One Belt One Road initiative with China?Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: Saying it very slowly—at a meeting with Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing we discussed in some detail what this could possibly mean. He said he was working on it and he'd be getting back to us. Can I say now that with certainty there is a meeting coming up indeed—with other countries including New Zealand—which the Hon David Parker will attend—[Holds up photo]—on the concept of Belt and Roads. So we will know with more precision what we're talking about—not the kind of vague promise that ended up like this where that member had apologised to Prime Minister Key for not being better briefed about China trade relations. There it is there—not once; he had to admit he didn't know what he was talking about and he apologised to Prime Minister Key for not being briefed.Hon Todd McClay: Why did he recently tell media that he didn't have enough information on the One Belt One Road initiative and was waiting for his Chinese counterpart to send him some but his counterpart hadn't done so yet?Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: Because that happens to be the truth as simple as it is. I asked him would he be developing the concept and he said he would get back to me and in a way he is. He's going to get back to this Government via a meeting that David Parker is attending in April of this year and that's just two months from now. So what we've got in fact is the possibility of a detail and understanding that we need to have to see whether or not this is a future arrangement that benefits ourselves and China. That is admitted by China it's admitted by the Foreign Minister of China and that's exactly what our position is.