British Foreign Secretary Foreign Secretary has said that Donald Trump’s plans to dramatically cut the United States International Aid Budget can prove to be a “major strategic mistake” that pushes China its global influence and ahead Allows to increase.
David Lemmy warned that the Department of International Development of International Development announced by Boris Johnson in 2020, a severe blow to the UK’s own experience, developing countries and beyond the UK’s “soft power” It was
Thousands of USAID employees have already been released and programs have been closed around the world, including Ukraine, when the new administration puts a broom on foreign aid, before stabilizing it in the State Department, critics The move was rejected as a huge foreign policy. Blunder.
Rescue agencies have warned of a profound impact on the global development sector, which threatens to increase disease, famine and conflict, as the United States is $ 4 out of every $ 10 globally spent on humanitarian aid. – Security experts have said that China can benefit from the move.
Interviewing The Guardian on Kiev’s trip, Lemi said: “What I can say to American friends is that with little preparation for the UK to close the DFID, in the short term It was a major strategic mistake to suspend funds or to give many global partners, Little Heads.
“We have spent many years to end this strategic mistake,” he said. Development has become a very important soft strength tool. And in the absence of development … I will be very upset that China and others step into this space.
“We were very criticizing the style that the last government took over the decision,” he said. So I would be careful about what went wrong in the UK, and look closely at the decision that they will come to the decision.
Ukraine is suffering a decision to immediately stop all US foreign aid programs, in which military experienced rehabilitation programs in the country have been effectively halted overnight to free media and anti -corruption measures overnight. –
“We will do what we can do to please these decisions, but clearly, the UK has not got resources available to the United States,” said Lemmy. He added that it is “not yet clear” whether Trump is intending to fully withdraw from the development field, or is planning to absorb some of it in the state department.
This came when Trump signed an executive order against the International Criminal Court (ICC) to allow aggressive economic sanctions, which issued arrest warrants for Israeli ministers of war crimes. After, he accused the United States and Israel of “illegal and baseless actions”. And crimes against humanity in Gaza.
After meeting with President Zelaninski and senior Ukrainian officials in Kiev, Lemi said that the US administration will not have any deliberations despite promising to end the conflict, with talks at the Munich Security Conference next week. –
“I am not sure we are weeks from peace talks. And I say that because our guess, which I believe is American shares, is that Putin does not show any hunger to negotiate and end the war, “he told The Guardian.
“We are still very high in the depths of the winter. The truth is the young men and women who make the Ukrainian force they are fighting for the future of their country on earth, and it will continue for several months…
“Ukraine residents are very clear that there can be no ceasefire before negotiations. So I do not expect a ceasefire in this war soon. I am very clear that Putin wants to talk about this time. And that’s why, sadly, I think the war of war will continue for a few months.
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Kerr star, who has said that Britain will “play a full role” in any future security guarantees, sending British troops to Ukraine to work as a peacekeeper in the event of a ceasefire with Russia Has not refused.
But the Foreign Secretary said what kind of guarantees could be necessary to negotiate with the European and G7 allies, “which will last for months,” he added, adding that it was “premature” what role the UK was. Will pay
“In visiting these security guarantees, they always join the theater in which you were busy… have to have a set of guarantees that really work.”
He pointed to an international surveillance mission with Russia’s 1,200 km away from Ukraine, which ended in 2022 after repeated violations of Russian forces. “That can’t happen again.”
Zlinski has demanded European allies Purpose defensive expenses immediately To promote its security during this dangerous geographical political moment, the Trump administration has demanded NATO members to spend 5 % of GDP on defense.
“As the Secretary of State, I am really clear that we have to increase defense spending,” said Lemmy. “It is important that we play our role and that means we should increase defense spending.”
However, he refused to guarantee that the Labor would only target the parliament, just saying that the government, before the June spending review, “in the next few months”, “” in the next few months. “One way would go, and he was aware that defense spending had to weigh against domestic priorities.
As a trusted development partner, promises against the reconstruction of the UK, the Labor government announced fresh deductions in international aid in the fall budget. It also warns that relief costs are unlikely to be met before 0.7 % of GDP, more than 0.5 %, before the next election.
