Trump offers help for Canadians held in China
President Donald Trump is offering to intervene on
Canada’s behalf to bring up the plight of two Canadians held in China when he
meets with China’s president Xi Jinping next week.
Trump is meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau and was asked Thursday by reporters if he would discuss the Canadian
detainees when meeting with Xi.
“I would, at Justin’s request. I will absolutely
bring it up,” Trump said. He added that “anything I can do to help Canada I
will be doing.”
Beijing detained ex-diplomat Michael Kovrig and
entrepreneur Michael Spavor in an apparent attempt to pressure Canada to
release Meng Wanzhou, a top executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei. She was
arrested Dec. 1 at the request of U.S. authorities who want her to face fraud
charges.
