(London News) The new site of the Chinese Embassy in London is planned to be rejected by the local parliament at the end of last year.China has therefore protested to the British government, saying that it fails to fulfill its diplomatic obligations.
China purchased the old site of the Royal Mint near the Tower near London in 2018 in 2018, so as to relocate the embassy on Portland Street to the place.But in December last year, the Tower Hamlets Council was rejected to grant the plan permit on the grounds of security and privacy risks.
According to Bloomberg News on Thursday (August 10), China expressed dissatisfaction with the Sunak administration's non -intervention attitude.
The Chinese Embassy in the UK said in response to the response of the email that providing convenience and support for the construction of the Diplomacy House is the international obligation of the host country. "We urge the British to fulfill relevant international obligations."
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China also said in an email response that China has always worked hard to seek solutions with Britain on the basis of "the principle of reciprocal and equal treatment."
The report also quoted two people familiar with the matter and said that the Chinese government believes that British local officials are strange to prevent the embassy from the construction of the embassy, saying that this is a national government, not a regional planner.
According to regulations, China can appeal at the latest on August 10.However, a British official revealed that China did not seem to have decided to appeal, and Michael Gove, Minister of Housing, did not know it.
Hamletta London Autonomous City also said in a statement that if the Chinese government plans to appeal, it needs to be issued in advance, but "no such notice from any applicant is received."
