BALI – A brief scolding that China’s most powerful leader in decades, XiJinping, gave to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over a leakedconversation, went viral and made headlines.
In the brief clip, Xi Jinping can be seen having a heated conversation withMr. Trudeau at a concluding reception for the G20 meeting on Wednesday.
Chinese leader despite smiling tightly expressed displeasure over theleaking of details of the conversation between the two leaders.
The Cdn Pool cam captured a tough talk between Chinese President Xi & PMTrudeau at the G20 today. In it, Xi express his displeasure that everythingdiscussed yesterday “has been leaked to the paper(s), that’s notappropriate… & that’s not the way the conversation was conducted”pic.twitter.com/Hres3vwf4Q link— Annie Bergeron-Oliver (@AnnieClaireBO) November 16, 2022link
Things we discussed were leaked to the media, that’s not appropriate, aChinese translator can be heard saying to the Canadian premier. XI calledthe leaked incident ‘inappropriate’ and accused Trudeau of lacking‘sincerity’.
In the second half of the clip, Xi called ‘sincerity’ a vital ingredientfor fruitful talks. Otherwise, the outcome will be hard to say, he added.
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PM Trudeau then responded, saying “In Canada, we believe in free and frankdialogue,” to which the Chinese President responded that “Let’s create theconditions first.”
The footage further shows a brief handshake between the two leaders beforethey split.
The heated debate occurred at the conclusion of a summit where the Chineseleader sought to steady Beijing’s relations with the West. Meanwhile,Ottawa had not been included in Xi Jinping’s roster of formal engagements,depicting displeasure with recent comments.
