New Zealand PM Says She Will Meet Chinese Leader Xi in China

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern leaves after the Friday prayers at Hagley Park outside Al-Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand on March 22, 2019. Jorge Silva/Reuters

WELLINGTON—New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on March 25 she will travel to China at the end of the week for a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, amid concerns of strained relations between the countries.

Ardern said she would travel to Beijing on Sunday.