China seeks to play down a diplomatic dispute with Canada after footage emerged of President Xi rebuking PM Trudeau over alleged leaks.
The frosty exchange, in which Xi complained that details of a conversation with Trudeau had been leaked, was shared widely on social media after the media pool captured it on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit of leading industrial and emerging nations on the Indonesian island of Bali.
“Everything we discussed has been leaked to the paper. That’s not appropriate,” a smiling Xi told Trudeau through a translator. “And that’s not the way the conversation was conducted. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said the video showed a “normal” conversation between the two leaders. “Honest dialogue is not a problem for China, but we want that honest dialogue to be based on equality and mutual respect rather than condescending accusatory dialogue,” she said.Sean Kilpatrick / The Canadian Press via AP
Trudeau “is desperately trying to be taken seriously by this man who won’t even look at him,” he said. Xi “keeps turning away from him. The body language is just terrible.”
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