China’s Foreign Minister warned of “grave consequences” if Huawei Technologies executive Meng Wanzhou isn’t released after being detained in Canada on U. S. extradition charges.
China has warned of “grave consequences” if a top executive of leading tech giant Huawei isn’t released after being detained in Canada.
Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng told the state media outlet Xinhua News Agency on Saturday that he had summoned Canadian Ambassador John McCallum to protest the detention of Meng Wanzhou, Huawei’s chief financial officer.
Meng faces extradition to the United States after being arrested in Vancouver, British Columbia on Dec. 1. A bail hearing is set to resume on Monday.
Le said he warned that Canada will face consequences for violating her rights and ignoring the law, calling the arrest “unreasonable, unconscionable, and vile in nature.”
Meng’s arrest came just as U. S.-China trade tensions showed signs of easing, with President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreeing to hold off on new tariffs to give more time for officials to reach an agreement.
But the arrest, which happened on the same day as the Trump-Xi meeting, caused markets to nosedive as fears of a prolonged trade war were renewed.
On Sunday, the ruling Communist Party’s official People’s Daily said that while China would not “cause trouble,” it also did not fear trouble and that nobody should underestimate China’s determination on this case.
