From our correspondent in London
The Uk will roll out the red carpet at the beginning of June to host Donald Trump in a State visit. But the president will have a grievance further to accuse the government of Theresa May. It has defied its recommendation to its allies to exclude the chinese Huawei of future networks, 5G mobile phone.
At a meeting of the security council, a british national, on Tuesday, the decision was taken to allow the supplier to develop these strategic infrastructure on its territory. It has not yet been formalized. Several ministers, including those of Interior, Defence and foreign Affairs, have expressed their concerns. To try to reassure them that Huawei would be ruled out of the most sensitive elements that make up the core of the network.
London would be so willing to align themselves with the position of the european Union, which has refused to block access to the Old Continent, the group is very controversial, suspect install in its systems of gateways for espionage by the chinese authorities. France, meanwhile, has filed at the beginning of the month a bill that would strictly regulate the equipment suppliers selected by operators for their networks. Calls for tenders are expected in the autumn. The device would set very strict criteria in the accreditation of a provider.
“unprecedented Threat” of cyber espionage
The green light from the british was to be discussed at a conference that opened Wednesday in Glasgow, bringing together members of the intelligence alliance Five Eyes”. It brings together the United States and its closest allies, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Canada, who share their secrets to strategic. Gold Washington has asked its partners to follow it in the rejection of Huawei for the construction of the 5G. Australia and New Zealand have announced their intention to meet the deadline, the Canada think about it. The meeting was to address the “threats without the preceding” posed by cyber espionage to governments.
The good news for Huawei is also expected to give hope a warm welcome to the british Finance minister, Philip Hammond, is expected this week in Beijing for a forum on the strategy that chinese investment in the silk roads. “When our security experts tell us that there are ways to maintain our security, whether in networks or facilities, avoiding the most costly, we need to explore these options with a lot of attention,” explains he. Huawei, already present in the mobile infrastructure in Great Britain, says he is “delighted that the Uk continues to favour an approach based on the facts”. According to the director of the national Centre of cyber security uk, Ciran Martin, the guarantees asked for the deployment of the 5G should provide a “sufficient safety”.
But the chairman of the foreign Affairs Committee in the House of commons, Tom Tugendhat, regrets a decision that may “push our allies to doubt our ability to maintain the security of our data and erode the confidence essential to cooperation within the Five Eyes”. According to him, the distinction between the central elements of the network and its peripheral portions will be very difficult to do, because the 5G “is a Web-based system that can truly connect everything”.
