Azaria Howell: Senior Political Reporter discusses Luxon at the ASEAN summitt.

The Prime Minister's met with various South East Asian leaders but missed out speaking with US President Donald Trump, as he attends talks in Malaysia.

Chris Luxon's attending the ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur for bilateral talks with regional leaders. 

Donald Trump was at the talks briefly, before leaving for Japan to meet their new leader.

Senior Political Reporter Azaria Howell told Ryan Bridge the pair will have a chance to cross paths again, with APEC in South Korea later this week.

She says Luxon told a news conference it's unlikely there'll be any reprieve from tariffs.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Right.

Speaker 2 (00:00):
PM's back in his hotel in Kuala Lumpa now after
a dinner hosted by the Malaysians. No sign yet of
a meeting with Donald Trump. Of course, there could be
a chance at APEC. He's now done with the Ussian Summit,
that is Trump and he's off to Japan, but Luxon
remains in in Malaysia for the Asian Summit. Then he

(00:20):
is off to South Korea for APEC Becausearria, how his
newstalks here by political reporter with him in Kuala Lumpa.
Welcome to the shows.

Speaker 1 (00:27):
Aaria, Thanks so much, good to be with you.

Speaker 2 (00:29):
So any sign of the big Man ye? Any sign
of Donald Trump for his modicaide Yeah, no.

Speaker 1 (00:34):
Sort of sign of Donald Trump in terms of what
I've seen. I mean, he was in the area, but
he since actually left. So Donald Trump now in Japan
a meeting with their new leader. Trump did not meet
with Chris Luxon, but the two paths do cross again
in just a few days at APEX in South Korea.
There's no word though if there will be a meeting,

(00:56):
but there was a press conference from PM Chris Lue
and he said they may meet, they may not, but
admitted though that it was unlikely we will see any
sort of reprieve from those US tariffs. I mean, in
terms of the wider situation at Asian you can tell
there's something big going on. I mean, there's motorcades as
far as the eye could see, there's so much security

(01:19):
and police in the area. But in terms of actually
any sign of Donald Trump, haven't actually seen him and
he's gone off to Japan now, but maybe South Korea
will be the place to catch a glimpse of him.

Speaker 2 (01:32):
This gala dinner that was hosted by the late Malaysian
PM tonight, what came with that much?

Speaker 1 (01:37):
Yeah, well, Luxon finished the day with that gala dinner
that was put on by the Prime Minister of Malaysia.
It also came with some performances, cultural performances, speeches and
orchestra as well, but media were not invited to go
to that one. But it did sort of put an
end to what had been a massive political day for

(01:59):
really a lot of world leaders. I mean, Luxen met
with a number of world leaders in Malaysia for the
Asian Summit, bilateral meetings with people like the Prime Minister
of Vietnam, the PM of Cambodia, Lao Thailand as well.
And also interestingly, Chris Luson actually met with India's Minister
of External Affairs. Now that's a really important meeting for

(02:20):
the government. New Zealand's really been pushing for that free
trade agreement with India, so it is important that they've
managed to get that meeting as well. But in terms
of that gala, I think it's more about celebrating Asian
and bringing together all of these sorts of cultures as well. Also,
there will be today later today in Asian New Zealand

(02:41):
leaders gala lunch and that comes with a kapahaka performance.
Chris Luxan last night obviously treated to those cultural performances
at that gala. This is a chance really to show
what New Zealand has to offer. So it will be
quite interesting to watch that one.

Speaker 2 (02:56):
Azari, I've been to these things before. You've been to
these things before. You know, it's all about the size
of the motorcade. How big was Chris Luxeon's. Because I
saw he was greeted by the Minister of Youth or
something Ran. I mean, it's almost like being greeted by
the mayor when you arrive.

Speaker 1 (03:12):
He was greeted by the Minister of Youth. Yes, that's correct,
and I mean some people did make those comparisons between
Chris Luxon's arrival and Donald Trump's arrival. There was no
sort of dancing from Chris Luxon, no people waving flags,
but it was still he did still get a guard
of honor and a mot cat as well, so it
wasn't like it was, you know, completely nothing. But yes, sir,

(03:36):
Donald Trump really taking the headlines in terms of us
and he's already left.

Speaker 2 (03:41):
He's gone, he's out the building. All right, Well, we'll
look forward to your next update. A Zaria, thanks very much.
That was Azaria Azaria Hall, who's our political reporter in Malay.
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