The potential deployment of Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier’s is also expected to raise military tensions in the South China Sea. Relations between the United Kingdom and China have strained over issues such as Hong Kong, Covid-19 pandemic and also denying Huawei an active role in Britain’s 5G network. Johnson is scheduled to visit India in April. The UK Prime Minister was supposed to be the chief guest at India’s Republic Day, but due to the surge in Covid-19 cases in the UK and the spread of a new strain, he cancelled his visit. Calling the Indo-Pacific “increasingly the geopolitical centre of the world”, the government also highlighted a British aircraft deployment to the region ahead of Johnson’s previously postponed visit to India in April, reported Reuters. With an aim to expand its influence in the Indo-Pacific region while preserving its strong ties with the United States, the British government will be laying out the country’s post-Brexit defence and foreign policy priorities on Tuesday. Prime Minister Boris Johnson will visit India in April to boost British opportunities in the region and to create a democratic counterweight to China, news agency Reuters reported.
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