UK Prime Minister Starmer to Hold Talks With Chinese President Xi Jinping at G20 in Brazil

The Facts

• UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has called for "stable and pragmatic engagement" with China ahead of a bilateral meeting with Chinese Pres. Xi Jinping at Brazil's G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro.

• The meeting will be the first by a UK prime minister with Pres. Xi since Theresa May in 2018. Starmer and Xi also spoke on a phone call in August this year, while UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy visited China in October.

• The Prime Minister stated that "pragmatic discussions" were needed with Pres. Xi due to China being the world's second largest economy as well as "one of [the UK's] biggest trading partners."