LONDON (Reuters) -British inside minister Priti Patel achieved with Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Nathan Legislation in London on Wednesday, pledging to defend and uphold freedoms for citizens of Britain’s former colony.
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The conference was described as the first in between the British govt and Law due to the fact he arrived in Britain in July, obtaining left Hong Kong just after China imposed a new countrywide safety legislation on the territory that has been intensely criticised by the West.
“The United Kingdom will stand by the people of Hong Kong and retain our assure to guard and uphold their freedoms,” Patel mentioned in a assertion accompanied by an picture of the roundtable conference.
Britain has accused China of various breaches of the offer to hand the territory back to China in 1997. It states China’s protection legislation and moves to disqualify legislators have undermined Hong Kong’s superior degree of autonomy.
Law thanked Patel for her work in opening up a new route to British citizenship for almost three million people today in Hong Kong.
(Reporting by William James Editing by Kate Holton)