China’s foreign minister urges Britain ‘to tread carefully’ over HK law instead of interfering
- ‘Britain must exercise extra prudence on this matter,’ Wang Yi tells Dominic Raab
- China tells Britain its national security law will help improve Hong Kong business environment
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called on his British counterpart to “tread very carefully” regarding the British government’s position on Beijing’s plan to impose a sweeping national security law in Hong Kong, warning Britain against “interference in China’s domestic affairs”.
In a phone call with British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Monday, Wang said Britain should respect China’s sovereignty and rule over the former British colony.
“Both China and Britain are permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and should abide by the basic principles of international relations and to set an example by not interfering in other countries’ domestic affairs,” a statement on the website of China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs quoted Wang as saying to Raab.
“The Chinese side hopes Britain … will respect China’s rights to exercise sovereignty and the Chinese central government’s rule over Hong Kong according to the ‘one country, two systems’ principle,” he said. “Britain must exercise extra prudence on this matter.”
