U.S. media: Hong Kong leader Li Jiachao refused to participate in APEC under U.S. sanctions
28.07.2023
The “Washington Post” quoted an unnamed official as saying that due to sanctions, the United States refused to allow Hong Kong Chief Executive Lee Kar-chao to attend the APEC meeting in San Francisco in November. China’s foreign ministry responded that the sanctions were “illegal and unreasonable” and that the U.S. side should lift them immediately.
(Deutsche Welle Chinese website) According to the “Washington Post” on July 27, citing an unnamed US official, the White House decided toDenied Hong Kong Chief Executive Lee Kar-chao’s attendance at the APEC meeting in San Francisco in November, due to the sanctions imposed on him in 2020. Li Jiachao was the head of the Hong Kong Security Bureau at the time.last year he was appointed chief executive of hong kong。
China’s foreign ministry demanded that Washington lift “illegal and unreasonable” sanctions against Li Jiachao, calling it “a bullying act that seriously violates the basic norms of international relations” and demanded that the US “stop undermining APEC solidarity and cooperation”.
Mao Ning, spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stated on July 28 that “the United States should immediately correct its wrong practices, lift the sanctions on Chief Executive Li Jiachao and other SAR officials, fulfill the responsibilities of APEC hosts, and invite Chief Executive Li Jiachao to attend the meeting as usual.”
Li JiachaoThe chief executive’s office stated that the United States “should earnestly fulfill its basic responsibilities as the host, and invite the chief executive to attend the meeting as the leader of Hong Kong, China in accordance with APEC’s routine and consistent practice,” saying that “the APEC meeting does not belong to a certain country or economy.”
The Washington Post quoted an unnamed U.S. official as saying that the Hong Kong government could send other representatives to attend the APEC meeting.
A White House spokesman declined to comment, saying only: “We look forward to the participation of all APEC member delegations in accordance with US laws and regulations,” the newspaper reported.
Deutsche Welle previously reportedThe U.S. State Department said on June 13 that it had not yet made any decision on the invitation, and that “participation in APEC must comply with U.S. regulations, including sanctions.”
Several senior U.S. government officials have recently visited China in order to resume dialogue with China, including Secretary of State Blinken, Treasury Secretary Yellen and climate envoy John Kerry. Much attention has been paid to a possible meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden at the APEC meeting in San Francisco in November.
(Associated Press, etc.)
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2023-07-28 10:21:32
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