Canada’s ambassador to China meets with second detained Canadian
- China arrested two Canadians after Ottawa detained a senior executive from tech giant Huawei at the behest of the United States
Canada’s ambassador to China has met with the second Canadian detained in China on suspicion of threatening national security, Canada’s foreign ministry said on Sunday.
The ministry said Ambassador John McCallum had met with Michael Spavor, a business consultant, two days after meeting with another detained Canadian, Michael Kovrig, a think tank employee.
“Canadian consular officials continue to provide consular services to him and his family and will continue to seek further access to Mr Spavor,” the ministry said.
China arrested two Canadians after Ottawa detained a senior executive from tech giant Huawei at the behest of the United States.
“We are being absolutely clear on standing up for our citizens who have been detained, trying to figure out why, trying to work with China to demonstrate that this not acceptable,” Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vowed to Toronto’s Citytv on Friday.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo also branded the arrests “unacceptable”.