Sir Keir will hold a bilateral meeting with the Chinese leader - the first of any UK prime minister in six years- at the key summit in Rio de Janeiro.
Sir Keir Starmer has said he intends to pursue a 'pragmatic' relationship with China when he meets President Xi Jinping at the G20 summit. The prime minister said the size of China's economy and its membership of the UN security council meant he wanted to have 'serious and pragmatic discussions' with the Chinese leader during his time in Rio de Janeiro.
The previous Conservative government had a complex relationship with China, owing to disagreements over its treatment of prosecution of pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong and its close relationship with Russia amid the war in Ukraine. A number of Conservative backbenchers urged Rishi Sunak to upgrade its assessment of China from an 'epoch-defining challenge' to a threat.
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