G7 urges China to reconsider national security law
The international community calls on China to adhere to its legally binding commitments and respect the autonomy and the freedom of the people of Hong Kong.
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab.
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has to stress the international community바카라 사이트™s grave concern about China바카라 사이트™s decision to impose a national security law on Hong Kong. The UK has been at the forefront of diplomatic efforts to secure the statement from the influential group of nations.
The statement says that the imposition of the law is not in line with the Hong Kong Basic Law, or China바카라 사이트™s international commitments under the principles of the Sino-British Joint Declaration, which was signed by China and the UK in 1984. It calls on China to reconsider its decision.
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said:
Today바카라 사이트™s statement shows the strength of international concern over China바카라 사이트™s proposed new national security law for Hong Kong. As the G7, we are calling on China to adhere to its legally binding international commitments and respect the autonomy and the freedom of the people of Hong Kong.
The statement issued today by the Foreign Ministers of the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the High Representative of the European Union, says that the proposed national security law would risk seriously undermining the 바카라 사이트˜One Country, Two Systems바카라 사이트™ principle and the territory바카라 사이트™s high degree of autonomy. It would also jeopardise the system which has allowed Hong Kong to become one of the world바카라 사이트™s most prosperous regions.
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