British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab (R) welcomes Canadian Foreign Minister Marc Gameau (L) to the G7 foreign ministers meeting in London on May 5, 2021.
While Chinese Ambassador to Canada Cong Peiwu criticized the G7 summit as a political coterie to beat up on China, Canadian Foreign Minister Marc Gameau said the G7 foreign ministers reached a number of important agreements, including a united opposition to the arbitrary arrest of two Canadians by China (CCP).
Speaking at a May 6 forum at the Institute For Peace & Diplomacy, a Canadian think tank, Cong Peiwu criticized the recently concluded G7 foreign ministers’ summit as an opportunity to take a swipe at China that did not accomplish anything.
Cong Peiwu also said the real threat is the United States, and forced the world to choose sides, reminding Canada not to be led by the U.S. nose.
The Group of Seven (G7) foreign ministers summit was concerned about China’s (Chinese Communist Party) violations of democratic human rights and threats to other countries. Canada’s Foreign Minister Garneau said he was pleased with the outcome of the summit, which saw countries agreeing on the Chinese Communist Party’s human rights abuses in Xinjiang and Hong Kong, while also unanimously condemning the detention of two Canadians – Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor – by the Chinese Communist Party.
“I was at the meeting with other ministers to discuss the two Canadians and China’s (CCP) arbitrary detention of citizens of other countries, and everyone was very supportive of Canada’s position.” Garneau said. “The summit was the first time in the past two years that ministers met face-to-face and reached many important points of consensus, and everyone was united in a very successful and important meeting.”
In addition to the seven foreign ministers’ talks, the Canadian and Japanese foreign ministers held their first face-to-face meeting on the sidelines of the summit and reached consensus on six areas, including joint military cooperation.
The two countries’ statement mentioned that they “oppose unilateral actions that undermine regional stability, as well as violations of the international maritime order as set out in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.” The statement is seen by outsiders as a clear rebuke of the Chinese Communist Party’s provocative actions in the South China Sea in recent years.
Canadian MPs also voiced their support for the seven allies to cooperate against the Communist Party and said that Western democracies should develop a mechanism to support each other in the face of economic coercion by the Chinese Communist government.
According to Radio Free Asia, John McKay, the ruling federal Liberal MP, said Canada is acutely aware of the threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and that a unified international effort to counter the pressure is a good idea as the CCP works to turn the rest of the world into its “vassal state.
Conservative MP Michael Chong, who specializes in foreign affairs, said the ministers at the G7 summit discussed in depth how China (CCP) is exerting its threatening power through its economy and using the Belt and Road Initiative to seemingly help other countries with their infrastructure, but in fact to achieve its own hegemonic goals.
Federal NDP MP Jack Harris also said the G-7 statement shows a more “positive” approach to China, but that there is still a need to find practical ways to demonstrate its power to Beijing.
When the Trump administration imposed tariffs on Canadian aluminum last year, Canada took only a few hours to announce countermeasures against the U.S., demonstrating that Ottawa is capable of dealing with the challenges of a major power, according to Chuang Wenhao, who said Canada is a medium-sized country but should not underestimate itself. Canada’s dependence on Chinese trade is very small, accounting for only 4% of Canada’s total exports, and there is nothing to fear from China (the Chinese Communist Party).
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