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Chinese telecoms giants Huawei and ZTE pose a risk to the EU's security, the European Commission warns. EU Commissioner for the Internal Market, Thierry Breton, says "the Commission will implement the 5G toolbox principle... to avoid exposure to Huawei and ZTE". Breton's comments come as the Commission announces it will no longer use services that rely on the companies. SOUNDBITE
The EU's three Baltic countries will summon China's envoys to explain remarks by Beijing's ambassador in Paris questioning the sovereignty of ex-Soviet nations, Lithuania's foreign minister says. Gabrielius Landsbergis says the diplomats would be asked to explain if the "Chinese position has changed on independence and to remind them that we're not post-Soviet countries but we're the countries that were illegally occupied by Soviet Union." SOUNDBITE
"As we made clear last week, if China threatens our sovereignty we will act to protect our country and we did," US President Joe Biden says during his State of the Union speech. SOUNDBITE
Chinese President Xi Jinping presides over the opening ceremony of the triennial Forum on China–Africa Cooperation. The summit is Beijing's biggest in years, with promises of cooperation in infrastructure, energy and education. IMAGES
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan greet African leaders at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing during the China-Africa summit. IMAGES
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