UK Ministers Back Plans for New Chinese Embassy After Trade Trip
- Lammy and Cooper have asked for two small modifications
- Comes just days after Reeves returned from trip to Beijing
British intelligence services have raised concerns that the placement of the new embassy at Royal Mint Court could grant China access to sensitive communication cables running beneath the City’s business district, the i newspaper reported earlier this month.
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The UK’s foreign secretary and home secretary have intervened in a dispute over plans for a new Chinese Embassy on the edge of the City of London, voicing their support for the new development.
In a letter to England’s Planning Inspector, David Lammy and Yvette Cooper raised “the importance of countries having functioning diplomatic premises in each other’s capitals,” and said there were just two minor requirements they would ask China to fulfill if the new embassy were to be approved.