By Canadian Press

Freeland says Chinese minister won’t talk with her about detainees

May 28, 2019 | 8:27 AM

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says she wants to talk to China’s foreign minister about the two Canadians China has accused of undermining its national security.

Freeland is appearing at the House of Commons foreign-affairs committee in Ottawa today.

She says she has talked with China’s ambassador to Canada about Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, who have been in Chinese custody since December.

China hasn’t reacted to Freeland’s offer to also meet with the Chinese foreign minister but she says she is open to doing so whenever China is ready.

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Spavor and Kovrig were detained in apparent retaliation for Canada’s arrest of high-tech executive Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver, on an extradition warrant from the United States.

Freeland says Canada isn’t the only country that has dealt with the Chinese government’s practice of holding off on meetings “at the highest levels.”

The Canadian Press