Source · Select Committees · Foreign Affairs Committee
Recommendation 1
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Rejected
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Government fails to define clear long-term objectives for its Indo-Pacific Tilt policy.
Conclusion
The Indo-Pacific Tilt served to confirm an existing trend of increasing engagement with countries in the Indo-Pacific region and demonstrated the intent of Government to persist with and deepen this engagement in the long term. However, there has been no explanation of the outcomes that the Government expects from the Tilt policy. The Government’s inability to set out clearly the long-term objectives and outcomes of the Tilt, either in the form of a written strategy, or even before this Committee, risks failing to meaningfully deter the risks to UK sovereignty from a more aggressive People’s Republic of China (PRC), and to take full advantage of the opportunities of greater engagement with the Indo-Pacific.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government disagrees with the committee's assessment that it has not clearly set out its long-term objectives for the Indo-Pacific Tilt, citing previous Integrated Reviews and ministerial speeches, and states it is increasing strategic communications resources in the region.
Summary of the government's response below — read the verbatim text to verify.
Paragraph Reference:
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Government Response
Rejected
HM Government · verbatim extract
Rejected
12. The Government agrees the Indo-Pacific must form a long term and enduring aspect of the UK’s international policy. A free and open Indo-Pacific is critical to our economy, our security and to our interest in an open and stable international order. This is compatible with the security and prosperity of the Euro-Atlantic remaining our core priority as set out in the Integrated Review Refresh. Furthermore, Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine and subsequent impact on global food and energy prices underlines that the prosperity and security of the Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific are inseparable.
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