LONDON: Britain on Monday voiced concern about the escalating protests in Hong Kong and called for "constructive" talks, saying it hoped they would lead to a "meaningful advance for democracy" in the former British colony.

"We hope that the upcoming consultation period will produce arrangements which allow a meaningful advance for democracy in Hong Kong," the Foreign Office said in a statement.

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