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Richard Wheeler

Starmer insists ‘world safer when leaders talk’ as he defends China discussions

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer during a bilateral meeting with President Xi Jinping of China in Brazil (Stefan Rousseau/PA) - (PA Wire)

Sir Keir Starmer has defended holding talks with China’s president Xi Jinping, telling MPs: “The world is safer when leaders talk.”

The Prime Minister said the two had a “frank, constructive, pragmatic discussion” in the margins of the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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