Kathmandu, 17 November: Furious Xi Jinping gave Justin Trudeau a humiliating dressing down at the G20 conference for allegedly leaking their conversations to the press.
The two leaders were caught on camera having a heated discussion via a translator at the summit in Indonesia.
Xi appeared frustrated as he tore into the Canadian Prime Minister about how details of a meeting between them on Tuesday had been leaked to the press by Canadian government sources.
A TV camera was behind a Chinese interpreter in clear view as the two spoke.
“Everything we discussed has been leaked to the paper – that’s not appropriate,” Xi told Trudeau through the interpreter, smiling.
“If there is sincerity, we can communicate well with mutual respect, otherwise the outcome will not be easy to tell.”
Trudeau interrupted the Chinese leader and stepped toward him.
“In Canada, we believe in free and open and frank dialogue and that is what we will continue to have,” Trudeau said.
“We will continue to look to work constructively together, but there will be things we will disagree on.”
Xi looked away as Trudeau replied.
“Let’s create the conditions first,” Xi responded. (Agencies)
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