New Zealand FM attends int'l meeting on Korean Peninsula security

WELLINGTON, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters left for Canada on Monday for an international meeting on the Korean Peninsula to be held in Vancouver, Canada, on Tuesday.

Twenty-one nations have been invited to the meeting which is co-chaired by Canada and the United States.

"I look forward to discussions which will seek to find diplomatic solutions," Peters said in a statement.

The Foreign Ministers' Meeting on Security and Stability on Korean Peninsula is an opportunity for the international community to demonstrate solidarity in opposition to the nuclear tests and missile launches conducted by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), Peters said.

Last week New Zealand joined 17 countries in a Joint Statement pledging to enforce United Nations sanctions on the DPRK.

These countries belong to the Proliferation Security Initiative, a global grouping that seeks to block shipments of materials used to make nuclear, chemical and biological weapons. Enditem