The US Congress Committee warns the new Chinese embassy in London

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The US House of Representatives has excited in London’s plan to establish a large embassy in London, the project increases “important security issues for the British financial services industry.

“The Mega Embassy in the UK of the People’s Republic of China increases significant security issues: Chinese Committee for Sensitive Infrastructure such as London’s Financial Services wrote in x.

“We must work urgently to resolve this issue and work with our allies, we must work with our allies to protect national security,” the committee ruled by the Republican Congressman John Moolaaar.

Chinese The Central London’s embassy in London wants to build the largest diplomatic complex in Europe replacement of the Embassy in Marylebone. However, the project caused the concern of some politicians who warned local residents and some politicians on the research potential.

Last year, President Xi Jinping raised the topic of a new building with the British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi also plans to establish a new embassy in Beijing, as well as the new embassy in Beijing – British Foreign Minister David Lammy informed about diplomatic talks in London last week.

British security officers in recent years, especially mi5He has become more vocal about the alleged Chinese spying.

Local government, who jurisdated over the historic Royal Mint court, refused to approve the project last year, security. UK housing secretary Angela Rayoner then managed the planning decision and will make the final decision.

Metropolitan police expressed the opposition to the proposed plans on the proposals that previously opposed anti-Chinese protests to influence traffic, but later retracted their protests.

Yvette Cooper, Lammy and England in January, supported the project by saying that they need to have diplomatic work of countries.

Intervention, British Chancellor Rachel Reeves, followed a visit to increase economic ties. Walking has noted its first visit to China by British Chancellor since 2017 and Starmer’s government has grown as a diplomatic relations with Beijing.

Concerns that are raised in Washington in Washington confirmed the Chinese Committee, Trump Office, Britain and Mauritania The US-UK-UK military base effect for a critical joint Chagos in Diego Garcia, one of the Archipelago Islands.

The United States is concerned about spying on Diego Garcia, a significant transit point for Chinese nuclear submarines and bombers.