Hong Kong Police to Deploy VIP, Counterterrorism Units for Mediation Body Launch

Wang Yi attends signing of convention establishing global mediation body in Hong Kong

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday attended the signing ceremony of the Convention on the Establishment of the International Organization for Mediation in China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.(Cover via CMG)

Hong Kong will host IOMed, an international centre for dispute mediation, proposed by China. The initiative aims to strengthen the city's overall role and expand the Chinese diplomatic influence.

Hong Kong police to deploy VIP, counterterrorism units for mediation body launch

Source says protections to be ramped up as top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi and international guests set to attend ceremony on Friday.

Kathmandu. Foreign Minister Dr. Arzu Rana Deuba has reached Hong Kong today. At the invitation of Foreign Minister Wang Yi of the People's Republic of China, she left for Hong Kong last night, leading a Nepali delegation to participate in the signing ceremony of the Convention on the Establishment of an International Organization for Mediation. Minister Dr. Rana's press advisor Ekraj Pathak informed. The signing ceremony will be held in the Hong…

Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister, arrived in Hong Kong this afternoon (29th). It is understood that the main purpose of his visit to Hong Kong is to attend the signing ceremony of the "Convention on the Establishment of an International Court of Mediation" to be held tomorrow. Accompanying Wang Yi to Hong Kong is Hua Chunying, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It is reporte…

Hong Kong will inaugurate on Friday the first non-Western headquarters of a leading global legal body, the International Mediation Organization (IOMed), while China seeks to strengthen its position as a centre for the resolution of international disputes. Chief Executive John Lee stated on Tuesday that the institution will have a status “equivalent to that of the International Court of Justice” in The Hague, which “will enhance the international…