Boris Johnson to visit India in April as UK goals to counter China: Report
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is ready to visit India in April to increase UK alternatives in the area and to create a democratic counterweight to China, information company ANI reported whereas quoting Reuters. With an purpose to increase its affect in the Indo-Pacific area whereas preserving its sturdy ties with the United States, the British authorities will likely be laying out the nation’s post-Brexit defence and overseas coverage priorities on Tuesday.
Calling the Indo-Pacific “increasingly the geopolitical centre of the world”, the federal government additionally highlighted a British plane deployment to the area forward of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s beforehand postponed visit to India in April, reported Reuters.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson was supposed to be the chief visitor at Republic Day, however due to the surge in COVID-19 circumstances in the UK and the unfold of a brand new pressure, he cancelled his visit. Johnson is scheduled to visit India in April.
Relations between the United Kingdom and China have strained over points comparable to Hong Kong, COVID-19 pandemic and in addition denying Huawei an lively function in Britain’s 5G community. The potential deployment of Queen Elizabeth plane provider’s can also be anticipated to elevate army tensions in the South China Sea.
The report in Reuters additionally talked about that Johnson will focus “on the UK’s place in the world and the ability to seize the opportunities ahead.”
UK to host G7 Summit, COP26 local weather convention
Britain may also be holding two influential roles this 12 months: internet hosting the primary post-pandemic G7 summit in June, and the COP26 local weather convention in November.
Since finishing its exit from the European Union on the finish of final 12 months after an acrimonious divorce, Johnson’s authorities has vowed the “Integrated Review” will present Britain nonetheless had clout on the world stage and outline a brand new period for the nation.
The 100-page doc will likely be intently scrutinised for concrete measures exhibiting how the federal government will ship on Johnson’s rhetoric at a time when the nation is struggling to come to phrases with the realities of Brexit and has suffered extra deaths than its friends from the COVID-19 pandemic, Reuters reported.
A press release previewing Tuesday’s report listed “the importance of UK relationship with the US” alongside the defence of democracy and human rights, and security from terrorism as elementary parts of the British coverage.
Britain is looking for a commerce take care of the United States and reassurance over the place it sits in President Joe Biden’s worldwide priorities.
(With ANI inputs)
