The White House has expressed frustration with Britain's decision to allow the Chinese telecom giant Huawei to participate in the development of 5G telecommunications networks.
"There is no safe option for participating vendors who are not trusted in any part of the fifth generation network," a senior administration official said by email.
"We look forward to working with Britain in a way that excludes the components of any company that is not trusted from the fifth generation networks," the official added, calling on "all countries" to think cautiously as they enter the era of the fifth generation networks.
This comes in the wake of the British government announcement today its intention to allow a "limited role" for the Chinese giant "Huawei" in developing fifth-generation networks in the country, despite American pressure to ban Huawei's participation in the field of developing fifth-generation networks.
However, the British government has made clear that it will exclude "high-risk suppliers", similar to Huawei, from the "critical core aspects" of 5G and high-speed networks.
It added that Huawei's share will remain limited to no more than 35% of the "insensitive aspects of the network."
The Chinese company announced its satisfaction with the decision taken by the British government, after a meeting of the National Security Council chaired by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson earlier today.