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Sunday, December 9, 2018
China summons US envoy over exec’s detention
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleChina has summoned the US ambassador to protest the detention of an executive of electronics giant Huawei in Canada at Washington’s behest.
The official Xinhua News Agency says Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng “lodged solemn representations and strong protests” with Ambassador Terry Branstad against the detention of Huawei’s chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, while she was changing planes in Vancouver, Canada, last week. Meng is reportedly suspected of trying to evade US trade curbs on Iran.
Xinhua quotes Le as calling Meng’s detention “extremely egregious” and demanded the US vacate an order for her arrest. It quoted Le as calling for the US to “immediately correct its wrong actions” and said it would take further steps based on Washington’s response.
The move follows the summoning of Canadian Ambassador John McCallum on Saturday over Meng’s detention and a similar protest.
— AP
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