Wed Nov 16, 2022 – 2:27 pm ESTWed Nov 16, 2022 – 3:06 pm EST
BALI, Indonesia (LifeSiteNews) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was angrily accused by Communist China’s President Xi Jinping of leaking details of a conversation between the pair about alleged Chinese interference in Canada’s elections.
In a video now widely circulating on social media, Jinping, at an event at the G20 summit in Indonesia on Wednesday, said to Trudeau via a translator, “everything we discuss has been leaked to the paper; that’s not appropriate.”
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Jinping then said, “If you are being sincere, we must communicate with mutual respect,” adding, “if not, I’m not so sure how it will turn out.”
In response, Trudeau told the communist leader, “In Canada, we believe in free and open and frank dialogue, and that is what we will continue to have. We will continue to look to work constructively together, but there will be things we will disagree on.”
The Chinese president appeared dismissive of Trudeau’s comments, saying “let’s create the conditions first.”
After the exchange, the pair of leaders shook hands and Jinping turned away.
Later on Wednesday, Trudeau in a press
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