Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what specific discussions she has had with European counterparts on future European engagement with countries in the Indo-Pacific region.

At the G7, European partners supported the $600 billion Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment, building on UK proposals at the Carbis Bay Summit in 2021, which will enable significant infrastructure engagement with Indo-Pacific partners. The Foreign Secretary met Foreign Ministers of France, Germany and the US at the G7 Summit, where they discussed global security, including China. The Foreign Secretary met European Foreign Ministers who are members of NATO at the NATO Summit, where they discussed China and met with Indo-Pacific NATO partner countries (Australia, Japan, New Zealand, ROK). UK senior officials attended the High-Level Dialogue on the Indo-Pacific in Prague on 13/14 June, joined by partners from across Europe and the Indo-Pacific.