OREANDA-NEWS. The Consulate General of the United States in the administrative center of the Chinese province of Sichuan, the city of Chengdu, has been officially closed.

This was reported by the Foreign Ministry of China. “At the request of the Chinese side, on July 27, 2020 at 10:00, the US Consulate General in Chengdu is closed,” the statement on the agency says. It notes that the Chinese authorities’ representatives entered the building of the diplomatic mission.

The message recalls that on July 21, Washington unilaterally suddenly demanded that China close the Consulate General in Houston, “grossly violating the basic norms of international law and international relations and the relevant provisions of the consular treaty between the United States and China.” “The above-mentioned initiatives of the Chinese side are a justified and necessary reaction to the unjustified actions of the United States,” the Chinese Ministry explained.