China can be a ‘partner for good’, says James Cleverly ahead of major speech

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly gives an interview outside BBC Broadcasting House in London (Lucy North/PA) (Picture: PA Wire)

James Cleverly has called China a potential “partner for good” as he prepares to give a major speech on the future of UK foreign policy.

The Foreign Secretary was pressed on the exact nature of the UK’s relationship with China, Saudi Arabia and other countries ahead of his speech on Monday, in which he is expected to argue the UK must align with a crop of increasingly influential countries across Latin America, Asia and Africa.