Adds background OTTAWA, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Canadian Prime M
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OTTAWA, Oct 16 (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday stated he’ll proceed to face up towards China’s “coercive diplomacy” and human rights abuses in Hong Kong and Xinjiang after being rebuked by Beijing for related feedback earlier this week.
“We’ll rise up loudly and clearly for human rights all all over the world, whether or not it’s speaking in regards to the state of affairs confronted by the Uighurs, whether or not it’s speaking in regards to the very regarding state of affairs in Hong Kong, whether or not it is calling out China for its coercive diplomacy,” Trudeau stated in a information convention.
Nonetheless, Trudeau added that he was not seeking to escalate tensions with China.
An extended-running diplomatic dispute heated up once more this week when the Chinese language authorities took concern with Trudeau’s earlier feedback, and on Thursday the Chinese language envoy to Ottawa, Cong Peiwu, warned Canada towards granting asylum to Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters.
Cong stated the “well being and security” of the 300,000 Canadian passport holders in Hong Kong may very well be jeopardized by these “violent criminals” and so Canada mustn’t defend them.
The diplomatic dispute stems from the arrest of Huawei Chief Monetary Officer Meng Wanzhou, a Chinese language citizen, in Vancouver in late 2018 on a financial institution fraud warrant issued by U.S. authorities.
Meng has stated she is harmless and is combating extradition in a Canadian court docket. Shortly after Meng’s arrest, Beijing detained two Canadians on nationwide safety prices and halted imports of canola seed.
(Reporting by Steve Scherer and Julie Gordon, Modifying by Franklin Paul and Cynthia Osterman)
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