US 'duty-bound' to invite CE to APEC summit, govt says
The government on Friday called on the United States to fulfil its responsibilities as host of the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit by inviting Chief Executive John Lee to attend the event. The statement came in response to a Washington Post report that the White House has decided to bar Lee from joining the summit in San Francisco in November.  "The APEC summit does not belong to any particular country or economy, and it has its own rules and customs. Each host country must invite members to participate in accordance with these rules and customs. The HKSAR government has repeatedly and publicly expressed this position," the statement said. Lee and a number of SAR officials were placed under sanctions by the United States in 2020 following the implementation of the national security law in Hong Kong.