Top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi to meet Hong Kong leader before mediation body launch
“On Friday morning, Wang is scheduled to attend the signing ceremony of the Convention on the Establishment of the International Organisation for Mediation at the Grand Hyatt hotel in Wan Chai.”
“In an opinion piece to be published in the Post on Thursday, Secretary for Justice Paul Lam Ting-kwok has stressed that the new body will help Hong Kong cope with challenges that arise when ‘hostile external forces are attempting to de-internationalise and de-functionalise’ the city.”
“Before visiting Hong Kong, the top diplomat was spending Wednesday and Thursday in Xiamen to chair a high-level meeting with 11 Pacific Island nations – Kiribati, Niue, Tonga, Nauru, Micronesia, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Cook Islands, Fiji and Samoa.”
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing announced Wang’s visit to Hong Kong last week. Representatives from nearly 60 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America, as well as around 20 global bodies, are also expected to attend the ceremony.”