Angela Merkel says solutions can only be found with dialogue. FMTNews
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and German Chancellor Angela Merkel inspect a guard of honour.
In a tweet Friday, spokesman Steffen Seibert quoted Merkel as saying: “The rights and freedoms of the people of Hong Kong must be guaranteed. Solutions can only be found in dialogue; do everything possible to prevent violence”.
In a statement, the German Federation of Journalists criticised the limited access as a “diplomatic farce”. The German leader is also scheduled to give a speech to university students in the central city of Wuhan on Saturday.
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