D1-94/96
D1-94/96
The Embassy of the Republic of the Marshall Islands in China presents
its compliments to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's
Republic of China and, on behalf of the Government of the Republic of the
Marshall Islands, has the honour to confirm that the two sides have,
through friendly consultations, reached the following agreement concerning
the maintenance by the Republic of the Marshall Islands of the consular
post headed by an honorary consular officer in the Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China:
1. The Government of the People's Republic of China agrees to the
maintenance by the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands of
the consular post headed by an honorary consular officer in the Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, with the
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as its consular district.
2. The honorary consular officers shall be the citizens of either
Party or a third country, but not the stateless, and they must be the
permanent residents of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the
People's Republic of China.
3. The Republic of the Marshall Islands shall not appoint any honorary
consular officers, once it has appointed career consular officers to the
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
4. The honorary consular officers shall exercise consular functions in
accordance with Vienna Convention on Consular Relations and the relevant
laws and regulations of the People's Republic of China, and enjoy the
corresponding privileges and immunities.
If the above points receive the Ministry of Foreign Affairs'
confirmation in a note in reply made on behalf of the Government of the
People's Republic of China, the present note and the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs' return note shall form an agreement between the two governments
and shall enter into force on 1 July 1997.
The Embassy of the Republic of the Marshall Islands avails itself of
this opportunity to renew to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the
People's Republic of China the assurances of its highest consideration.
To: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
People's Republic of China
Date: Nov. 28, 1996
n of the People's Republic of China, with the
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as its consular district.
2. The honorary consular officers shall be the citizens of either
Party or a third country, but not the stateless, and they must be the
permanent residents of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the
People's Republic of China.
3. The Republic of the Marshall Islands shall not appoint any honorary
consular officers, once it has appointed career consular officers to the
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
4. The honorary consular officers shall exercise consular functions in
accordance with Vienna Convention on Consular Relations and the relevant
laws and regulations of the People's Republic of China, and enjoy the
corresponding privileges and immunities.
If the above points receive the Ministry of Foreign Affairs'
confirmation in a note in reply made on behalf of the Government of the
People's Republic of China, the present note and the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs' return note shall form an agreement between the two governments
and shall enter into force on 1 July 1997.
The Embassy of the Republic of the Marshall Islands avails itself of
this opportunity to renew to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the
People's Republic of China the assurances of its highest consideration.
To: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
People's Republic of China
Date: Nov. 28, 1996
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