The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Maldives presents
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Maldives presents
its compliments to the Embassy of the People's Republic of China and, on
behalf of the Government of Maldives, has the honour to confirm that the
two sides have reached the following agreement concerning the maintenance
by the Government of the Republic of Maldives 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 Maldives 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 Government of the Republic of Maldives 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 consuls 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 Embassy's confirmation in a note in
reply made on behalf of the Government of the People's Republic of China,
the present note and the Embassy's return note shall form an agreement
between the two governments and shall enter into force on 1 July 1997.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Maldives avails
itself of this opportunity to renew to the Embassy of the People's
Republic of China to the Republic of Maldives the assurances of its
highest consideration.
Male, 14 April 1997.
Embassy of the People's Republic of China,
COLOMBO
blic 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 Government of the Republic of Maldives 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 consuls 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 Embassy's confirmation in a note in
reply made on behalf of the Government of the People's Republic of China,
the present note and the Embassy's return note shall form an agreement
between the two governments and shall enter into force on 1 July 1997.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Maldives avails
itself of this opportunity to renew to the Embassy of the People's
Republic of China to the Republic of Maldives the assurances of its
highest consideration.
Male, 14 April 1997.
Embassy of the People's Republic of China,
COLOMBO
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