UK minister: all sides in Hong Kong must respect autonomy, rule of law


  • World
  • Thursday, 31 Oct 2019

Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab walks outside Downing Street in London, Britain October 22, 2019. REUTERS/Simon Dawson

LONDON (Reuters) - Hong Kong should seek ways to de-escalate tensions and find a political resolution to its crisis, Britain's foreign minister Dominic Raab said on Thursday, calling on both protesters and authorities in the city to show restraint.

Hong Kong has slid into recession for the first time in a decade, partly because of increasingly violent anti-government protests that have been going on for five months and show no sign of abating. [nL3N27G314]

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