China releases two Canadians after U.S. Huawei deal
The Hindu
The two Canadians were detained in 2018, shortly after Canada's arrest of top Huawei executive Meng Wangzhou at Vancouver airport
For months, China's government had insisted that the more than 1,000 day-imprisonment of Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor was not, as Canada had alleged, a case of "hostage diplomacy".
The two Canadians were detained in 2018, shortly after Canada's arrest of top at Vancouver airport, based on a U.S. warrant, under the then Trump administration, accusing the Chinese telecom company of violating Iran sanctions.
Yet, for all of China's insistent claims that the cases were unrelated, the detention of the two Canadians came to a sudden end on Saturday, barely hours after Ms. Meng was released after the U.S. Justice Department reached a deal regarding the criminal charges, agreeing to a deferred prosecution and for her to leave Canada.
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