The foreign minister falsely accused Michael Kovrig and Michael of being "arbitrarily detained" by the Chinese side, and the Chinese embassy: Meng Wanzhou's detention for nearly two and a half years is an out-and-out arbitrary detention

According to the website of the Chinese Embassy in Canada, on May 19, the Canadian Foreign Ministry issued a press release on Foreign Minister Garno's meeting with US Secretary of State Blinken on the same day, claiming that the two sides would jointly deal with "the challenges posed by China's coercion and unjust economic measures and human rights violations to the rules-based international order"; falsely claiming that Canadian citizens Michael Kovrig and Michael Kovrig were "arbitrarily detained" by the Chinese side. The above remarks disregard the facts, reverse black and white, confuse the public opinion, and viciously attack and smear the Chinese side. China expresses its strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition to this.

In the past period of time, the United States has pursued "America first" in the international arena, vigorously destroyed the treaty and withdrawn from the group, seriously damaged multilateralism, and become the biggest saboteur of the current international order. The United States is shouting human rights slogans, but it is doing human rights violations. "Coercion" is also a patent and feature of the United States. The United States has achieved its strategic goals through threats of force, economic sanctions, and technological blockades, providing the world with one classic case after another of coercive diplomacy. The world sees this very clearly. In disregard of fairness and justice and right and wrong, Canada has joined forces with the United States and complicated with the United States, willingly acting as a pawn of the United States and playing an extremely disgraceful role.

China has always adhered to an independent foreign policy of peace, insisted on equality of all countries, large and small, committed to promoting the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind, and has always been a builder of world peace, a contributor to global development and a defender of international order. International rules are not the preserve and prerogative of a few countries, and exceptionalism and double standards cannot be pursued. China's adherence to the international system with the United Nations at its core and the international order based on international law represent the common will of all countries.

As China has stressed many times, China is a country ruled by law. Canadian citizens Michael Kovrig and Michael Kovrig are suspected of crimes endangering China's national security, and the Competent Chinese departments independently handle relevant cases in accordance with the law, and there is no "arbitrary detention" at all. Chinese citizen Meng Wanzhou has been detained by the Canadian side for nearly two and a half years without violating any Canadian law, which is an out-and-out arbitrary detention. Since the Canadian and American sides have stated that they oppose arbitrary detention, They should release Ms. Meng as soon as possible and allow her to return to China safely.

China urges Canada and the United States to abandon the Cold War mentality and ideological bias, view China and China's development objectively, stop smearing and attacking China, and stop deceiving the public and misleading public opinion.

Editor: Shi Wei