British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab spoke with Carrie Lam by phone for over 20 minutes on Friday. Photo: AP
China says it was ‘a mistake’ for British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to call Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam
- Beijing describes conversation as move to ‘exert pressure’ on city’s chief executive and tells Britain to ‘stop intervening in China’s internal affairs’
- Raab had called on Lam to start an independent investigation into recent events ‘as a way to build trust’ – something she has so far refused to do
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British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab spoke with Carrie Lam by phone for over 20 minutes on Friday. Photo: AP