China wants to work with Canada to 'eliminate interference'

China's foreign minister Wang Yi told his Canadian counterpart Anita Anand their two countries should work to "eliminate interference", without naming the United States, as they met on the sidelines of a security conference on Saturday.



Wang, who met a slew of Western leaders during the Munich Security Conference, has been eager to paint Beijing as a more stable partner compared to the increasingly unpredictable United States.



Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who took office last year, visited China in January as part of his global effort to broaden Canada's export markets and decrease trade reliance on the United States.



Under a preliminary trade deal announced, Beijing is expected to reduce tariffs on Canadian canola imports and grant Canadians visa-free travel to China.



China-Canada ties had nosedived following the 2018 arrest in Vancouver of Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou.