Kurt Tong met Zhang Xiaoming at a sensitive timeAlso coincided with a US delegation urging Hong Kong officials to help more with sanctions against North Korea and Iran
The United States’ top diplomat in Hong Kong met a senior Beijing official overseeing the city last Friday, as the diplomatic furore over the arrest of Sabrina Meng Wanzhou was erupting.
US Consul General Kurt Tong’s discussions with Zhang Xiaoming, director of the State Council’s Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office (HKMAO), were confirmed by the office on Tuesday.
They also coincided with a US delegation finishing a three-day visit to Hong Kong, during which it urged local officials to “devote additional resources” to enforcing international sanctions against North Korea and Iran.
The office only published a picture of the meeting on its website on Tuesday, with the caption: “Director Zhang met, as requested, with delegation led by US Consul General Kurt Tong.
