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The Government remains fully committed to the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration,
lodged at the United Nations as treaty number 23391. We regularly reiterate this commitment
with the Chinese government. We have made clear our legitimate interest in developments
in Hong Kong under the Joint Declaration, and we do of course expect China to continue
to recognise this. Our Ambassador to China recently raised this with the Chinese Vice
Premier and the Chinese Vice Foreign Minister. The Secretary of State for Foreign
and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge
(Mr Hammond) recently raised this with the Chinese Foreign Minister and I personally
raised it with Hong Kong’s Secretary for Justice. The Prime Minister, my right hon.
Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron) also restated our shared commitment with
China as co-signatories of the Joint Declaration during Premier Li’s visit to the
UK in June. The Foreign Secretary will continue to report regularly to Parliament
on the implementation of the Joint Declaration.
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