Russia hopes stability will resume in Hong Kong asap

Russia hopes that stability will resume as soon as possible in China's Hong Kong, the Foreign Ministry said Friday.

"Events in Hong Kong belong to China's internal affairs. Russia hopes the stability of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) would be resumed as soon as possible," the ministry's information and press department told Xinhua.

A large number of Occupy protesters have taken over major streets in Mong Kok for at least four days, seriously affecting businesses of local shops, restaurants and vendors and caused closure of schools and banks.

Friday afternoon, some anti-Occupy people clashed with Occupy protesters in Mong Kok and Causeway Bay, Hong Kong's two major commercial areas. Several people were injured during the clashes.

Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying gave an urgent TV broadcast Friday evening, calling on all citizens, no matter what attitude they have toward the Occupy, to keep calm and not to use violence or disrupt order under any situation.