Chinese envoy to Canada visits detained Huawei CFO, urges Ottawa to correct 'mistake'
Reuters
Published Nov 29, 2019 12:23PM ET
Chinese envoy to Canada visits detained Huawei CFO, urges Ottawa to correct 'mistake'
By David Ljunggren
OTTAWA (Reuters) - China's new ambassador to Canada visited a senior Huawei Technologies Co Ltd official who is fighting extradition to the United States and urged Ottawa to release her, the embassy said on Friday.
Relations between Canada and China turned icy a year ago, after Vancouver police detained Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou on a U.S. arrest warrant. She is currently out on bail and awaiting court hearings due to start next year.
Ambassador Cong Peiwu, who took up his post earlier this month, on Thursday extended his warm regards to Meng and said Beijing "will continue to urge the Canadian side to correct its mistake" and release her immediately, the embassy said in a statement.
"The great motherland and nearly 1.4 billion Chinese people are your staunchest supporters. We expect you to go back to China safe and sound at an early date," it quoted Cong as telling Meng.
Shortly after Meng's arrest, China picked up two Canadian citizens who now face state security charges. It also blocked imports of Canadian canola seed.
The office of Canadian Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne was not immediately available for comment. Champagne said last week he had pressed his Chinese counterpart on the case of the two detainees.
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