By Xinhua,
Wellington : U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will visit New Zealand after attending a meeting of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Singapore next week.
The U.S. State Department said Rice will attend the ASEAN talkson July 23-24 before traveling on to the Australian west coast city of Perth and the New Zealand largest city of Auckland for talks.
She will also have a brief stop in Apia of Samoa to meet Pacific Islands leaders before going to Hawaii.
Rice is expected in New Zealand on July 26.
ASEAN members are: Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia. Myanmar, Brunei, Laos, Cambodia, the Philippines and Vietnam.
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