The United States has no role in pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, President Barack Obama said in Beijing earlier today, in-spite of Chinese accusations that foreign forces are involved.
“I was unequivocal in saying that the US had no involvement in fostering the protests that took place in Hong Kong,” Obama told reporters at a joint press conference.
“These are issues ultimately for the people of Hong Kong and China to decide,” he said.
“But I did make clear that US will encourage people´s right to express themselves and that elections in Hong Kong are reflective of the will of the people there.”
Protesters have been occupying key intersections around the former British colony for more than six weeks calling for fully free leadership elections in 2017.
