00:00Beijing's imposition of a national security law on Hong Kong does not conform with the Hong Kong basic law, nor
00:08with China's international commitments.
00:10This was very clear. The national security law risks seriously undermining the one country, two systems principle,
00:18and Hong Kong's high degree of autonomy we wish to see stay in place.
00:23And it is this autonomy that has allowed Hong Kong to flourish and to be so successful.
00:30So we also conveyed that China's risk is a very negative consequence if it goes forward with imposing this law.
00:38The European Union is in touch with our G7 partners on this topic,
00:43and we've made our position very clear to the Chinese leadership today and urged them to reconsider.
00:50Of course, they have a different standpoint than us, but this is our very clear standpoint we conveyed to the
00:57Chinese leadership.
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