China urges relevant parties to stop interfering in the affairs of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) in any form, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said at a press briefing in Beijing on Friday.
Mao's remarks came when asked to comment on some Western politicians' "concerns" over a Hong Kong court's sentencing decision on a case involving the "Hong Kong Alliance" on Friday.
"We have already stated our solemn position on the case regarding the 'Hong Kong Alliance'. Hong Kong is a society governed by the rule of law, and the central government firmly supports the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) in safeguarding national security and combating acts that endanger national security in accordance with the law," the spokeswoman said.
"Relevant parties should earnestly respect China's sovereignty and Hong Kong's rule of law, stop making irresponsible remarks on the handling of judicial cases in the SAR, and stop interfering in Hong Kong's judicial affairs and China's internal affairs in any form," Mao said.
China urges relevant parties to stop interfering in Hong Kong affairs
India is expected to advance the Global South agenda at the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi on Saturday and Sunday, said a senior executive editor with Indian broadcaster NewsX World in an interview with China Global Television Network (CGTN).
NewsX World Senior Executive Editor Megha Sharma said that building economic resilience is one of the priorities of India in implementing the chairmanship of BRICS this year.
The theme of the forthcoming BRICS Summit is "Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability."
"Building for resilience and innovation, for cooperation and sustainability, to push forward again the Global South agenda. Talking about innovation, we are talking about digital public infrastructure. This is something that India has pushed successively," said Sharma.
She said successful outcomes from the Summit could include progress in counter-terrorism cooperation and digital infrastructure construction.
"Counter-terrorism cooperation. There have been a lot of terrorist attacks that have taken place. Building digital infrastructure, digitally public infrastructure, whether it is about UPI (Unified Payment Interface) that India has been advocating and successfully implementing in countries in the subcontinent, in Southeast Asia and Africa as well," said Sharma.
Launched in 2009, BRICS has grown to 11 full member states and 10 partner countries representing major emerging markets and developing economies across the globe.
18th BRICS Summit to advance Global South agenda: news editor
18th BRICS Summit to advance Global South agenda: news editor
