The Government agrees that there is a need for international fora to coordinate and drive international collaboration on diversifying the telecommunications equipment market. The Diversification Strategy makes clear the Government’s intention to build a global coalition consisting of a critical mass of the global telecoms market to ensure there is sufficient scale and partnership to effectively tackle this issue. The Government is committed to leading the international conversation on this issue, and has identified telecoms diversification as one of its priorities for the UK’s presidency of the G7, using this multilateral forum to establish international consensus and agree to future co-operation on diversifying the telecommunications market. The Government is also engaging proactively with a wide range of international partners on a bilateral basis to understand their position on diversification and identify opportunities for joint collaboration. We will continue to proactively expand this engagement, and work with international partners on tangible opportunities for cooperation as implementation of the Government’s strategy develops to build international consensus for the need to address the security and resilience risks posed by a lack of effective competition in the global telecoms supply market. A critical technologies strategy