Prime Minister Rishi Sunak stated on Tuesday that China posed a risk to Britain but it surely was additionally proper to have dialogue with Beijing over world challenges similar to local weather change and the warfare in Ukraine.

“I am very clear that China poses a systemic problem to each our values and our pursuits and it represents the only greatest state risk to our financial safety and that is why it is proper that we take the steps which can be crucial to guard ourselves,” he instructed Sky Information on the sidelines of the G20.

Sunak additionally stated he was hopeful he may meet with Chinese language President Xi Jinping whereas on the summit in Indonesia.

“If we need to clear up huge world challenges like public well being, Russia and Ukraine, fixing the worldwide economic system, or certainly local weather change, it is necessary to have a dialogue and to interact with China as a part of fixing these challenges,” Sunak stated.