Britain established an organization to deal with Chinese and Russian spies.
According to “Times” magazine, “Rishi Sunak”, British Prime Minister this Monday, in the framework of the announcement of the updated defense and diplomatic strategy of his government, the establishment of a new organization by “MI5” with the alleged aim of helping British companies to deal with “spies”. announced China and Russia.
According to the Times report, this organization named the “National Security Agency” of England has a mission to advise the companies, universities, and other organizations of this country that have been targeted by industrial espionage.
According to this report, British officials have compared this new organization with another center known as the “National Cyber Security Center”, which was established in 2016 by the “Government Communications Headquarters” of this country with the mission of protecting against cyber security threats.
According to this report, the new organization established by MI5 is supposed to advise organizations on how to deal with Chinese companies, how to do business in China, and how to buy equipment from companies based in this country. On the other hand, this new organization will advise British companies on cooperation with Chinese companies or purchasing equipment from famous Chinese technology companies such as Huawei and Hikvision.
According to “Sputnik” news agency, the British government is going to expand the Chinese language program for its diplomats in the near future, and the “BBC” news channel has received a budget equal to 20 million pounds for the services of other languages of this media, which are due to lack of funds have faced the risk of closure to save them from closure.
The Times claimed that the purpose of London’s new measures is to counter the “spreading of false information” by China and Russia in foreign countries.
In 2021, the report document “Integrated Review” of the UK’s security, defense and foreign policy labeled Russia as the “most serious direct threat” to the UK.
