Suspens for China's “Super-Ambassada” in London, the largest in Europe, suspected of being a future espionage base. The British government postponed to make a decision
The building of the former royal monetary of the United Kingdom, which China plans to turn into its headquarters for its diplomatic mission in London. Photo source: Amer Ghazzal / Shutterstock Editorial / Profimedia
The UK government has postponed to decide whether to approve of China's plans to build the largest embassy in London, after Beijing refused to explain to the plans contained censored information, Reuters reports.
China's plans to build a new embassy on the site of a two-centuries-old building, located near the Tower of London, are blocked for three years due to the opposition of the inhabitants of the area, parliamentarians and pro-democracy activists in the UK.
British and American politicians have warned the government not to allow China to build the embassy on this land, because of fears that it could be used as a basis for espionage.
DP9, the consulting company in urbanism working for the Chinese government, said that his client believes that he would not be appropriate to provide complete internal plans, saying that additional sketches offer an acceptable level of details, after the Government asked why several areas were censored in the initial plans.
“The applicant believes that the level of detail presented in the unellities is sufficient to identify the main uses,” DP9 said in a letter to the London Government.
The plans for a “super-ambassada” of a communist state in the heart of an important European city gives the locals. “It's a bad joke”
“In these circumstances, we consider that it is not necessary nor adequate to provide more detailed plans or details regarding the interior design.”
The British department for housing has replied that it will decide whether the project can continue until October 21, instead of September 9, because it takes more time to analyze the answers.
The Chinese diplomatic mission in London is “worried”
Luke de Pulford, executive director of the interparulation alliance for China, a group with connections with an international network of critical politicians to Beijing, who revealed the letter, said: “These explanations are far from satisfactory.”
De Pulford, a long -term critic of the embassy plans, said that “Insurances are reduced to” trust me, brother “.
The Chinese Embassy in London has expressed “serious concern” on the response of the British government, a subsequent that the host countries have the “international obligation” to support the construction of diplomatic buildings.
“The Chinese part urges the British side to fulfill its obligation and approve the request for planning without delay,” the Embassy said in a statement.
The decision, at the Starmer government
Earlier this month, the embassy said that the statements that the building could have “secret facilities” used to harm the national security of the United Kingdom are “lower slanders”.
The Chinese government acquired Royal Mint Court in 2018, but its building permit applications for the new Embassy were rejected by the Local Council in 2022. Chinese President XI Jinping asked Prime Minister Keir Starmer to intervene.
Starmer's central government has taken control over the decision on the authorization of building last year.
