(Washington/Hong Kong Comprehensive News) The US State Department earlier claimed to invite Hong Kong Chief Executive Li Jiachao to attend the Asia -Pacific Economic Cooperation Organization Summit (APEC) held in San Francisco, but recently changed the statement that there was no decision on the invitation list.
Comprehensive Reuters and letter reported that US Deputy Secretary of State Sherman said in a letter in Congress in February this year that he planned to invite Li Jiachao to attend the APEC summit, which caused several US Congress to rebound.The four members jointly wrote to the United States State Department last week and urged him to ban Li Jiachao from entering the United States because Li Jiachao was included in the sanctions list by the United States in 2020.
The U.S. State Department amended the text submitted to Congress on Tuesday (June 13).The US State Department spokesman changed his mouth that he had not made any decision on the APEC invitation list, and said that the State Council had a regret of this mistake.
APEC Leadership Summit will be held in San Francisco, USA in November this year, and Hong Kong is one of the members of APEC.The Li family super on Tuesday (June 13) attended a press conference before the Executive Meeting that APEC did not belong to any country and economy, and reiterated that Hong Kong as one of the members will attend the meeting in accordance with the rules of APEC and conventional.
When asked if it may not be invited to attend the meeting, Li Jiachao said that the APEC meeting has its rules and habits, and the organizer has the responsibility to invite members to attend the meeting.
The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded last week that the Asia -Pacific Economic Cooperation Office had organizational rules, and the host had the responsibility to ensure that representatives of each member attended the meeting smoothly.China believes that the United States will fulfill their commitments to ensure that all members of Hong Kong, including Hong Kong, attend the meeting.