British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, if she becomes prime minister, will declare China a threat to the kingdom's security for the first time. Writes about it The Times.
According to the publication, Truss promised her supporters that she would rethink the country's foreign policy and adopt a new comprehensive review of security, defense and foreign policy issues. In this case, London will give Beijing a status similar to Russia - in the current doctrine, Moscow is listed as "the most acute direct threat to the UK." Now China is characterized as "the most significant geopolitical factor for British interests."
On August 9, Truss indicated that the UK is currently facing a threat from China, which is pursuing an "assertive" international policy. She promised at a meeting with members of the Conservative Party in Darlington that if she was elected Prime Minister, London would increase defense spending to three percent of GDP.
Truss had previously promised to use nuclear weapons if necessary. “I think this is an important duty of the prime minister. I am ready to do it,” she said at a meeting with members of the Conservative Party in Birmingham, answering a question about the possibility of using nuclear weapons if there is a threat to the UK.