The Macau government yesterday expressed its “strong opposition” to the release of the 2019 annual report on the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) by the EU.
According to a statement by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS), “the report contains groundless and baseless claims, making biased comments about Macau’s achievements in politics, society and economic development.”
‘Brutal interference’
The statement also said that the “EU has made counterfactual and irresponsible comments over successive years – through a self-styled annual report – about Macau’s internal affairs, amounting to a brutal interference in China’s domestic affairs.”
According to the statement, the MSAR government “demands the EU stop this wrong practice that is not only against basic norms of international relations but is also endangering China-EU relations.”
The statement pointed out that “since its establishment in 1999, the MSAR has successfully implemented the ‘One Country, Two Systems’ principle with Macau characteristics. The successful implementation of the principle has been effective in maintaining Macau’s long-term prosperity and producing remarkable achievements in a variety of aspects. The rights and freedoms enjoyed by the Macau public, as stipulated by law, have been protected.”
