Sri Lanka, May 20 -- Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of New Zealand Winston Peters will visit Sri Lanka, Nepal, India and Australia later this week, the New Zealand government has announced.

Foreign Minister Peters is travelling first to Adelaide, Australia to undertake six-monthly Australia-New Zealand Foreign Ministers' Consultations with his Australian counterpart, Penny Wong.

He will then travel to South Asia, with programmes in Sri Lanka, Nepal and India.

"We are committed to bringing greater focus and energy to New Zealand's relationships with South Asia. New Zealand must work alongside partners to contribute to a stable, secure and prosperous Indo-Pacific," Peters said.

In Colombo, the New Zealand Foreign Minister wi...