“The United States condemns the Hong Kong government’s decision to postpone legislative elections for a year and remove opposition candidates from them. This decision undermines democratic principles, ”RIA Novosti quoted her as saying.
Earlier, the head of the Hong Kong administration, Carrie Lam, announced that the city's legislative elections were postponed for a year due to the situation with COVID-19. This decision was supported in Beijing.
Earlier it was reported that the European Union will restrict the export of technology to Hong Kong due to the national security law.