Joint Statement on EU-New Zealand Partnership Agreement on
Relations and Cooperation (PARC) by High Representative for
EU Foreign and Security Policy Catherine Ashton and New
Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully
Building on the Joint Declaration on deepening the
partnership between New Zealand and the European Union
adopted by President Van Rompuy, President Barroso and Prime
Minister Key in The Hague on March 25, 2014, we resumed work
to complete the negotiations for the new EU-New Zealand
Partnership Agreement on Relations and Cooperation
(PARC).
Today we are pleased to announce the
conclusion of the PARC negotiations. On this basis, both
sides will finalise the remaining technical and legal work
expeditiously so that the agreement can be formally
initialled as soon as possible and concluded in accordance
with the respective procedures of the two parties.
This new agreement will be taking the EU and New Zealand
ever closer to each other in providing a robust and lasting
platform for the future development of our
relationships.
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