'Good riddance,' China says as Germany leaves UN Security Council
Germany's UN envoy Christoph Heusgen during his last scheduled UN Security Council meeting, appealed to China to free two detained Canadians for Christmas
"Let me end my tenure on the Security Council by appealing to my Chinese colleagues to ask Beijing for the release of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor. Christmas is the right moment for such a gesture," Heusgen, who plans to retire after more than 40 years as a diplomat, said.
China's deputy UN envoy to respond promptly, "out of the bottom of my heart: Good riddance."
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald #Dec23
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/good-riddance-china-says-as-germany-leaves-un-security-council-20201223-p56ppb.html
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Germany's UN envoy Christoph Heusgen during his last scheduled UN Security Council meeting, appealed to China to free two detained Canadians for Christmas
"Let me end my tenure on the Security Council by appealing to my Chinese colleagues to ask Beijing for the release of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor. Christmas is the right moment for such a gesture," Heusgen, who plans to retire after more than 40 years as a diplomat, said.
China's deputy UN envoy to respond promptly, "out of the bottom of my heart: Good riddance."
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald #Dec23
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/good-riddance-china-says-as-germany-leaves-un-security-council-20201223-p56ppb.html
#GermanyUNEnvoy #ChinaHostageDiplomacy #China #Canada