Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab makes a statement on Hong Kong's national security legislation in London, Britain, Jul 1, 2020. LONDON: The United Kingdom said China's imposition of a security law on Hong Kong was a"clear and serious" violation of the 1984 Joint Declaration and that London would offer around 3 million residents of the former colony a path to British citizenship.
Johnson said Britain would stand by its pledge to give British National Overseas passport-holders in Hong KongAlmost 3 million Hong Kong residents are eligible for the passport. There were 349,881 holders of the passports as of February.Hong Kong's autonomy was guaranteed under the"one country, two systems" agreement enshrined in the Sino-British Joint Declaration signed by then Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
"It constitutes a clear violation of the autonomy of Hong Kong, and a direct threat to the freedoms of its people, and therefore I'm afraid to say it is a clear and serious violation of the Joint Declaration treaty between the United Kingdom and China," Raab told Reuters and the BBC.
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