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China refuses to let British lawmakers visit Hong Kong

British lawmakers will not be allowed to enter Hong Kong as part of an inquiry into Britain's relations with its former colony and progress towards democracy there, the head of a parliamentary committee said on Sunday.

 

"I have been informed by the Chinese Embassy that if we attempt to travel to Hong Kong we will be refused entry," foreign affairs select committee chairman Richard Ottaway said in a statement.

 

"We are a committee of elected Members of Parliament from a democratic nation who wish to scrutinize British diplomatic work in Hong Kong. The Chinese Government is acting in an overtly confrontational manner in refusing us access to do our job."

 

The committee is looking at Britain's relations with Hong Kong 30 years after it agreed to terms for handing the city over to China, and at how those terms are being implemented.

 


פרסום ראשון: 11.30.14, 22:00