Canadian PM Meets Wang Yi: China and Canada to Deepen High-Level Exchanges and Cooperation

(CNA, Shanghai, 30th) Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in Canada on the evening of the 28th local time, and Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau met with Wang Yi in Ottawa on the 29th. Both sides affirmed the positive impact of the Prime Minister's visit to China in January on China-Canada relations and expressed their willingness to continue to deepen high-level exchanges and cooperation in multiple fields. According to Xinhua News Agency, Trudeau stated that during his visit to China early this year, he and Chinese leaders decided to build a "new China-Canada strategic partnership." Over the past four months, exchanges at all levels and cooperation in various fields between the two countries have accelerated and resumed, achieving positive results. "Canada is willing to work with China to maintain close high-level exchanges and deepen cooperation in energy, finance, agriculture, and fisheries," to continuously consolidate the foundation of bilateral relations. Canada supports China's hosting of the APEC informal leaders' meeting and is willing to work with China to advocate and practice multilateralism, contributing to global economic development and world peace and stability. According to reports, Wang Yi stated that Trudeau's successful visit to China has corrected the course of China-Canada relations and returned them to the right track. The decision by the leaders of the two countries to build a new China-Canada strategic partnership has provided strategic guidance for the development of bilateral relations. Facts have proven that the improvement of China-Canada relations is in the interests of both countries, conforms to the expectations of all parties, and is the right choice for Canada. There is no fundamental conflict of interest between the two countries, and there is huge room for cooperation. Wang Yi said that China is willing to work with Canada to respect each other, move towards each other, seek common ground while reserving differences, strengthen communication, and deepen cooperation to promote the healthy, stable, and sustainable development of bilateral relations. Both sides should adhere to multilateralism, international rule of law, and strategic autonomy, and support free trade and an open world economy, which will not only benefit the people of the two countries but also inject stability from China and Canada into a turbulent world. According to reports, during his visit to Canada, Wang Yi also held talks with Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand and met with former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien. China and Canada have recently taken a number of measures to improve bilateral relations, including Canada lowering tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and China lowering tariffs on Canadian canola (referred to as rapeseed in China). Prime Minister Trudeau met with Chinese President Xi Jinping during his visit to China in January this year, and Trudeau called the visit a "milestone agreement" at the time. Trudeau was the first Canadian Prime Minister to visit China since 2017, and it is widely believed that this visit has the significance of helping China-Canada relations emerge from a low point.