(5 Jul 2024)
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Beijing – 5 July 2024
1. Wide of news conference
2. Journalists
3. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Mao Ning, spokesperson, Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
“We have noted the result of the UK elections. China’s position on developing China-UK relations is consistent and clear. China and the UK are both permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, as well as the world’s major economies. Developing a stable and mutually beneficial China-UK relationship is in line with the fundamental interests of the two peoples, and is conducive to both sides responding to global challenges together and promoting world peace and development. We hope to work with the UK to move China-UK relations forward on the right track, on the basis of mutual respect and win-win cooperation.”
4. Wide of news conference
STORYLINE:
China’s Foreign Ministry said it hoped to continue "win-win" cooperation and tackle global challenges with the UK after it elected a new prime minister on Friday.
“China’s position on developing China-UK relations is consistent and clear. China and the UK are both permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, as well as the world’s major economies,” said Mao Ning, spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
“Developing a stable and mutually beneficial China-UK relationship is in line with the fundamental interests of the two peoples, and is conducive to both sides responding to global challenges together and promoting world peace and development. We hope to work with the UK to move China-UK relations forward on the right track, on the basis of mutual respect and win-win cooperation,” she continued.
Mao’s comments came after Britain’s Labour Party swept to power on Friday after more than a decade in opposition, as a jaded electorate handed the party a landslide victory — but also a mammoth task of reinvigorating a stagnant economy and dispirited nation.
Labour leader Keir Starmer will officially become prime minister later in the day, leading his party back to government less than five years after it suffered its worst defeat in almost a century.
In the merciless choreography of British politics, he will take charge in 10 Downing St. hours after Thursday’s votes are counted — as Conservative leader Rishi Sunak is hustled out.
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