New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key speaks at the Asia Society in New York September 30, 2015. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy plans to send a ship to New Zealand in November, Prime Minister John Key said on Thursday, formally ending a standoff over the Pacific nation's anti-nuclear policy that dates back more than 30 years.
If the ship meets New Zealand's legal requirements it will attend the Royal New Zealand Navy's 75th anniversary, Key said, a day after U.S. Vice President Joe Biden assured neighbour Australia there would be no retreat from Washington's pivot to the Asia-Pacific region regardless of who wins November's presidential election.
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