People around the world ‘extremely disturbed’ by detention of Canadians: Trudeau
OTTAWA — People around the world are “extremely disturbed” by China’s detention of two Canadians, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in Mali this weekend as he called for Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor to be released.
Canada is communicating with China about how important it is to release the detainees, Trudeau said Saturday in reference to the two men taken into custody on security grounds earlier this month.
The two were arrested days after Canadian authorities arrested Meng Wanzhou, a senior executive with Chinese firm Huawei Technologies, at Vancouver’s airport on Dec. 1 after receiving an extradition request from the U.S.
Chinese authorities subsequently arrested Kovrig, a former diplomat on leave from Global Affairs Canada and Spavor, an entrepreneur.