A frenzy of foreign diplomacy, including talks with US President Joe Biden and european leaders, is expected to occur during the first month of a Keir Starmer government. Only a few days from now, he will make his international debut at the NATO 75th anniversary summit in Washington, DC, which takes place tuesday through Thursday.
 
Then, on July 18, Starmer will host a conference of the european Political Community at Blenheim Palace, close to Oxford in central England. Germany's Olaf Scholz and France's Emmanuel Macron are slated to attend.


Since leaving office in 2010, Abour has vowed to pursue "progressive realism" in its foreign policy, viewing the increasingly unstable world "as it is not as we would want it to be," according to David Lammy, the prospective foreign secretary.
 
In addition, the party has promised to "make Brexit work" and look for "an ambitious" security agreement with the EU.
 
Here is a summary of the main foreign challenges that a Labour government may tackle.
 

CHINA
To "set the direction and course" of its china policy, Labour will "full audit" the UK's relationship with china across all government agencies, Lammy told reporters this week.
 
While noting the value of being able to work together on areas like addressing climate change, Starmer warned last year that the UK needs to "wean itself off" china on problems like trade, business, and technology.
 
Achieving a balance between security imperatives and the UK's trade and economic interests will be a challenge.
 
A potential return of donald trump to Washington following the US presidential election in november might complicate that.


ISRAEL palestine CONFLICT
According to Labour, the party is dedicated to acknowledging the state of palestine "as a contribution to a renewed peace process which results in a two-state solution".
 
However, no deadline has been established for this.
 
In addition, there are pledges to press for an instant cease-fire, the liberation of all prisoners, and a rise in the quantity of aid reaching Gaza.


EUROPE
If the far-right National Rally (RN) party in france comes to power, Starmer has promised to cooperate with them.
 
"If we are elected, I will cooperate with any administration in europe and throughout the globe. That, in my opinion, is the essence of meaningful government," he remarked.
 
He stated that in order to solve the issue of migrants crossing the Channel in tiny boats, bilateral agreements with france as well as accords with the EU as a whole—which the UK chose to exit in 2016, leading to a contentious divorce—were crucial.
 
When pressed on RN leader Marine Le Pen's desire for bilateral agreements over those involving the entire EU, Starmer stated that the two were not incompatible.
 
 
 
 

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