Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying has stated that the United States and Canada have violated their extradition agreement in the case of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou. She also reiterated China's call for Meng to be released.
Any person with fair judgment would come to the conclusion that Canada was mistaken in its actions, Hua noted as quoted by Reuters.
Chinese telecommunication giant Huawei has commented on the matter, expressing hope that the US and Canadian governments would soon agree to release Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou.
"Huawei hopes that the US and the Canadian governments would be able to make Miss Meng free again as soon as possible. We also hope for a fair decision by the US and the Chinese judicial systems", the company said in a statement released by the daily newspaper Global Times.
Huawei added that it was closely following the developments in the situation around Meng.
"Huawei respects the laws of all the countries where it carries out commercial activities, including laws and regulations of the United Nations, the United States, and the European Union", the statement read.
The statement comes after Washington reportedly notified the Canadian government that it intended to proceed with a formal demand to extradite Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou on accusations of violating US sanctions against Iran. The deadline for the filing is reportedly 30 January, according to The Globe and Mail.
However, Canada's envoy to the US David MacNaughton has not yet confirmed when the formal extradition request would be made, according to the media outlet.
This comes a day after former Canadian Security Intelligence Service chief Richard Fadden urged the Canadian government in an article to ban China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd from supplying equipment to Canadian 5G networks because the "security risk is too great".
The Huawei CFO's arrest was decried by Beijing. They subsequently demanded that Canadian authorities immediately release the Chinese national.
Just a few days after Meng's arrest, Chinese authorities detained former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig and businessman Michael Spavor for allegedly posing a threat to the country's security. Beijing denied, however, that the detention had anything to do with Meng's case.