Justin Trudeau fires ambassador to China after remarks on Huawei case

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Source: Reuters

Justin Trudeau fires ambassador to China after remarks on Huawei case

Reuters
Sat 26 Jan 2019 22.27 GMT

In an unprecedented move, Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday said he had fired his ambassador to China, who had prompted a political furor with comments about Huawei’s high-profile extradition case.

John McCallum had embarrassed Trudeau’s Liberal party government by saying Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou could make a strong argument against being sent to the US.

Opposition legislators and former ambassadors accused McCallum of unacceptable political interference in an affair which has badly damaged relations between Canada and China.

Meng, the daughter of Huawei’s founder, was arrested in Vancouver last month over alleged violations of US sanctions on Iran.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/26/john-mccallum-canadian-ambassador-to-china-fired-huawei

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1. Link to DW

https://www.dw.com/en/canadian-pm-fires-ambassador-to-china-over-huawei-comments/a-47252719

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2. And the BBC

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47015700