Xi Jinping confronts Justin Trudeau over meeting ‘leaks’ to papers at G20
“China has said it supports frank exchanges after video emerges of a disagreement between two world leaders. President Xi called Justin Trudeau “very naive” after a disagreement over the privacy of previous conversations.” Source
XI:
“Everything we discussed was leaked…”
Trudeau
“In Canada, we believe in free and open and frank dialogue…”
The Chinese president appears rattled by the Canadian prime minister’s willingness to share details of their G20 meeting with the media.
At the G20 summit, Xi Jinping was seen confronting Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Chinese President accused Trudeau of leaking details of their discussions to the press.
Chinese President Xi Jinping, on November 15, criticized Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over media leaks of their closed-door meeting at the G20 summit in Bali.In video footage shared by Indian Journalist @arunsingh4775, both can be seen standing close to each other and conversing via a translator. A translator for Xi can be heard saying that “everything we discussed was leaked to the papers, that’s not appropriate”. Trudeau, while responding said, “In Canada, we believe in free and open and frank dialogue and that is what we will continue to have.”
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