Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly said on Sunday that China must play a role in keeping the Red Sea commercially safe, as Chinese ships are also at risk, and urged Beijing to help Russia evade international sanctions. I asked him to stop.
Jolie said in an interview that she told China’s foreign minister: Wang Yi At a bilateral meeting on Saturday, Beijing said it needed “support to influence the Houthis to keep the Red Sea open.”
“It’s in China’s interest as an exporting country,” Joly told Reuters by phone on the last day of the Munich Security Conference.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi attended the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Saturday. Photo: dpa
Yemeni IranGroups aligned with the Houthis carried out a series of attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea. This includes the oil tanker M/T Pollux. we Officials said they had been hit by a missile on Friday.
The Houthis have claimed the attack was in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, but it has disrupted a key trade route between Asia and Europe, widely used by ships from China, and is costing them money in shipping and insurance costs. is soaring.with the US uk Both countries called on China to intervene through Iran to curb the attacks.
Mr. Joly also said he had discussed with Mr. Yee that Western sanctions against Russia should remain in place. war in ukraine I’ll drag you.
“We need to put maximum pressure on Russia,” Joly said. “Our sanctions are strong, but we cannot allow China to become a loophole in our sanctions regime.”
last year Russia Beyond Saudi Arabia China has become China’s biggest oil supplier after the world’s biggest oil importer defied Western sanctions and bought large quantities of crude at discounted prices for processing plants.
China defends ties with Russia in Munich, warns West about Taiwan’s ‘red line’
Chinese refiners use intermediaries to handle the transportation and insurance of Russian crude to avoid violating Western sanctions.
After his meeting with Jolie on Saturday, Yee spoke of the need to “rebuild trust” with Jolie. Canada After years of diplomatic tension.
Relations between China and Canada The situation changed in late 2018, when Canadian police detained an executive at a Chinese telecommunications company. Meng Wanzhou. Shortly after, the Chinese government arrested two Canadians, Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, on suspicion of espionage.
Relations remained tense throughout most of last year as Canada’s parliament investigated allegations of Chinese election interference, an allegation that China has repeatedly denied.
