The UK will suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong, effective immediately, and Britain's arms embargo on China will be extended to the semi-autonomous city.
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab told MPs Monday that the UK wanted to work with Beijing but the new security law imposed by China on Hong Kong had"significantly changed key assumptions" underpinning extradition arrangements.Prime Minister Boris Johnson said earlier in the day that the UK was changing its arrangements with Hong Kong to reflect his government's"serious concerns" about its new security law, but called for engagement with China.
Read More"We obviously have concerns about what's happening in Hong Kong and you will be hearing a bit later on from the Foreign Secretary about how we are going to change our extradition arrangements to reflect our concerns about what's happening with the security law in Hong Kong," Johnson said on the sidelines of a visit to a school in Kent, southeast England, on Monday.
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