Adds embassy assertion, background, PIX accessible
Adds embassy assertion, background, PIX accessible
OTTAWA, Nov 29 (Reuters) – China’s new ambassador to Canada visited a senior Huawei Applied sciences Co Ltd HWT.UL official who’s combating extradition to america and urged Ottawa to launch her, the embassy stated on Friday.
Relations between Canada and China turned icy a 12 months in the past, after Vancouver police detained Huawei Chief Monetary Officer Meng Wanzhou on a U.S. arrest warrant. She is at the moment out on bail and awaiting court docket hearings attributable to begin subsequent 12 months.
Ambassador Cong Peiwu, who took up his submit earlier this month, on Thursday prolonged his heat regards to Meng and stated Beijing “will proceed to induce the Canadian facet to appropriate its mistake” and launch her instantly, the embassy stated in an announcement.
“The nice motherland and almost 1.four billion Chinese language persons are your staunchest supporters. We count on you to return to China protected and sound at an early date,” it quoted Cong as telling Meng.
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