Any meeting between Mr Cleverly and Mr Han would come during a low point in UK-China relations. Read more at straitstimes.com.
LONDON - British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said he expected to meet China’s Vice-President Han Zheng when senior Chinese figures visit London for“I suspect that I will,” Mr Cleverly told BBC Radio when asked if he would be meeting the Chinese Vice-President.
“And when I do, I will discuss a whole range of things just as I do when I meet other Chinese officials, including those areas where we have points of criticism.”are visiting London this week ahead of the May 6 coronation at Westminster Abbey, and ministers are likely to use the opportunity to hold meetings with foreign leaders.
Any meeting between Mr Cleverly and Mr Han would come during a low point in UK-China relations after London restricted Chinese investment over national security worries and expressed concern at Beijing’s increasing military and economic assertiveness.
He also said Britain should engage “robustly and constructively” with China, despite what he called “revulsion” over the treatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang. REUTERS
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