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The United States government applauded Beijing’s decision to release Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, According to Washington, detained “arbitrarily” in China since December 2018 in retaliation for the arrest in Canada of Meng Wanzhou, Huawei’s chief financial officer.
According to some media, the President of the United States, Joe Biden, allegedly pressured his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, to secure the release of the Canadians who were about to serve three years of incarceration in the Asian country.
For his part, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke in a statement released after the release of the two Canadians was known.
“The US government joins the international community in welcoming the decision of the authorities of the People’s Republic of China to release Canadian citizens Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig after more than two and a half years in arbitrary detention.”Blinken said in a brief statement.
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“We are happy that they are back in Canada”added.
The release of the “two Michael”, who had been convicted of espionage in China, comes hours after Meng’s release in Canada after reaching a deal with the US government, which accused him of bank fraud to evade sanctions imposed on him. Iran. by Washington.
Around the same time as the Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, revealed the release of Spavor, a businessman specializing in trade with North Korea, and Kovrig, a diplomat on leave, the Canadian public broadcaster reported that Meng had left the country by private plane.
Meng, who had been on bail in Vancouver since December 2018 and lived with his family in one of the two mansions who owns in the Canadian city, had been released this Friday after the Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada) signed the order ending the process he presided.
Previously, Meng and Huawei had entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with the US Department of Justice, which automatically suspended the extradition process that began in Canada in 2018.
The release of Meng, Spavor and Kovrig ends one of the most serious diplomatic crises in the history of Canada-China relations.
(With information from EFE)
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