In his speech at the United Nations General Assembly, British Prime Minister Truss called on liberal democracies to never be complacent, and should continue to strengthen economic, trade and security strength, resilience and mutual cooperation in order to deal with Russia, China and other authoritarian regimes and maintain a world order that is conducive to freedom.

(AFP)

[Central News Agency] British Prime Minister Truss will deliver a speech at the United Nations General Assembly today, calling on liberal democracies to never be complacent, and should continue to strengthen economic, trade and security strength, resilience and mutual cooperation to deal with Russia, China and other authoritarian regimes and maintain a world conducive to freedom order.

She will emphasize that each country's own strength and resilience are the foundation of global collective security.

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In addition, the Prime Minister's Office pointed out that to ensure that the UK's foreign, military and security architecture keeps pace with the evolving threat of "hostile states", Liz Truss has entrusted her Special Adviser on Foreign and Defence, John Bew. ) led the update of The Integrated Review of the Foreign, Defense and Security Policy released by the British government in March last year.

The new version is expected to be released before the end of this year.

Bew, a historian, is currently a professor of history and foreign policy at King's College London.

He was recruited by then Prime Minister Boris Johnson in 2019 to join the Prime Minister's policy adviser team. He is the soul behind the diplomatic and defense report released last year and the AUKUS tripartite security cooperation mechanism between the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States formed in September.

The prime minister's office said the new security strategy would aim to ensure the UK invests sufficient resources to strengthen itself and build alliances to stand firm against coercion from authoritarian powers such as Russia and China.

Truss will work to ensure that the UK continues to be a European leader in security matters, and to extend the UK's experience in supporting Ukraine's European leadership to the rest of the world in defence of peace, prosperity, freedom, democracy and human rights.

Before becoming prime minister on the 6th, Truss served as foreign minister and advocated revision of the comprehensive review report on foreign affairs, defense and security policy during his term of about one year, and adjusted the assessment of China's threat.

Existing editions have limited coverage of China and do not mention Taiwan throughout.

Truss's political supporters have revealed to the media that once she becomes prime minister, she will push to raise China's threat level, listing both China and Russia as "acute threats".

The Prime Minister's Office announced that Truss will address the UN General Assembly to call on liberal democracies to end their dependence on authoritarian regimes at the strategic level, and to prioritize economic growth and strengthening their own security capabilities in order to win in the new era of strategic competition .

Truss, who has experience as an international trade secretary, has called for several times to combine "hard power" such as the military, diplomacy and economy to rebuild the global security architecture, which is also the core connotation of the global "Network of Liberty" she advocates.

According to information provided by the Prime Minister's Office, Truss will address the UN General Assembly on how the UK plans to strengthen its own economy and ensure that the country's economy is not disrupted by malicious actors. Measures include strengthening energy independence, safeguarding supply chain security and attracting global talent. and investment.

Truss will call on liberal democracies to work together, assist each other in ensuring each other's economic security, deny authoritarian regimes the opportunity to manipulate the global economy, and build the G7 and other like-minded partners as the North's economic hub. Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

At the same time, Truss will call on countries to strengthen "hard power".

As an example, she will reiterate that to protect the security of Britain and its allies, the British government will increase defense spending to 3% of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2030.