China urges Canada to correct its mistakes and make concrete efforts to put the China-Canada relations back on track, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin on Friday.
Canadian citizen Ye Jianhui was sentenced to death on drug charges on Friday by the Intermediate People’s Court of Foshan City in south China’s Guangdong Province, which is the fourth Canadian sentenced to death in China in recent times. Some Canadian officials have made a link between these death penalties and the case of Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou.
In response to this, Wang said Meng’s case is a political incident and has nothing to do with the four Canadian citizens’ cases which were handled by China’s judiciary according to the law.
“China is a country under the rule of law, and its judiciary handles cases independently in strict accordance with law. The Canadian side is well aware of China’s solemn position on the Meng Wanzhou incident as we already made it very clear on many occasions. This is a grave political incident. China urges the Canadian side to immediately release Ms. Meng Wanzhou and let her return to China safely,” said Wang.
He urged the Canadian side to correct its mistakes and get China-Canada ties back to normal.
“The current difficulties in China-Canada relations are not caused by China. The Canadian side knows very well what the crux of the problem is. We urge the Canadian side to take immediate and effective measures to correct its mistakes and make concrete efforts to put bilateral relations back on track,” said Wang.
