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Han Zheng shake hands in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing IMAGE SOURCEREUTERS Image caption James Cleverly and Chinese Vice President Han Zheng shake hands in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing By Stephen McDonell in Beijing Kate Whannel in London BBC News Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has defended holding talks with Chinese officials in Beijing saying it would not be credible to disengage. Meeting Chinas vice president Mr.
Cleverly said the trip the first by such a senior UK figure in five years would help avoid mistrust and errors. But ahead of his visit some UK MPs attacked the governments approach to China as incoherent. Sir Iain Duncan Smith compared it to appeasement. Relations between Mobile App Development Service the UK and China have deteriorated in recent years following concerns over threats to civil liberties in the former British colony of Hong Kong the threat of espionage and influence.
Operations by China in the UK and Chinas support of Russia during the invasion of Ukraine. Speaking to the BBC Mr Cleverly said his visit was an opportunity to speak directly and unambiguously on areas of disagreement and work together where it is in our mutual interest to do so. He said it would allow the UK to reestablish lines of communication and added that a lack of facetoface engagement could lead to more opportunities for perhaps misinterpretations mistrust and errors.
Cleverly said the trip the first by such a senior UK figure in five years would help avoid mistrust and errors. But ahead of his visit some UK MPs attacked the governments approach to China as incoherent. Sir Iain Duncan Smith compared it to appeasement. Relations between Mobile App Development Service the UK and China have deteriorated in recent years following concerns over threats to civil liberties in the former British colony of Hong Kong the threat of espionage and influence.
Operations by China in the UK and Chinas support of Russia during the invasion of Ukraine. Speaking to the BBC Mr Cleverly said his visit was an opportunity to speak directly and unambiguously on areas of disagreement and work together where it is in our mutual interest to do so. He said it would allow the UK to reestablish lines of communication and added that a lack of facetoface engagement could lead to more opportunities for perhaps misinterpretations mistrust and errors.