China's Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng urgently summoned the U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad on Sunday to make an official protest against the detention of Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. by the Canadian authorities at the request of the U.S. authorities, China's foreign ministry said in a statement.
What the U.S. has done has seriously violated the legal and legitimate rights and interests of the Chinese citizen, Le said.
China firmly opposes this wrongdoing and strongly urges the U.S. side to pay sincere attention to China's solemn position and withdraw Meng's arrest warrant.
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