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David Lammy will visit China on Friday and Saturday, Beijing’s foreign affairs ministry has confirmed.
The UK foreign secretary’s first visit to the country since taking office comes after the government insisted it will ‘challenge’ China on issues including human rights violations and the tensions over Taiwan.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has outlined the government’s approach as ‘co-operate where we can’, ‘compete where we have different interests’ and ‘challenge where it is needed’.
China held large-scale military exercises surrounding Taiwan and its outlying islands earlier this week, something Starmer said is ‘not conducive to peace and stability’.
At Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday he said: ‘Stability in the Taiwan Strait is in all of our interests.’
Setting out his wider approach to China, Starmer said: ‘We will co-operate where we can as permanent members of the UN Security Council, on issues such as net zero and health and trade.
‘Compete where we have different interests, and challenge where it is needed to protect national security, human rights and our values. We will put that challenge in.’
By David Hughes, PA Political Editor
Press Association: News
source: PA
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