（中央社記者江今葉華盛頓14日專電）華為公司副董事長兼財務長孟晚舟日前遭加拿大逮捕。加國外交部長方慧蘭今天表示，孟晚舟事件不涉政治。至於北京本週拘留兩名加拿大公民，美國國務卿蓬佩奧呼籲中方放人。
蓬佩奧（Mike Pompeo）和美國國防部長馬提斯（Jim Mattis）今天在華府，與來訪的方慧蘭（Chrystia Freeland）、加拿大國防部長石俊（Harjit Singh Sajjan）進行美加2+2部長級對話，會後4人召開聯合記者會。
孟晚舟被捕事件持續發酵，成為今天記者會焦點。
方慧蘭表示，孟晚舟事件是今天美加對話的討論議題之一；美加雙方同意，孟晚舟從加拿大引渡到美國的程序不應受政治影響。
方慧蘭多次表示，加拿大是法治國家，在事件處理過程中，孟晚舟的權利會獲得應有尊重，加拿大的司法程序不會涉及政治。
蓬佩奧也說，美國在尋求引渡孟晚舟時，「全程所有步驟都會尊重法治」。
他還表示，「不能接受」北京非法拘留2名加拿大公民的做法。他呼籲中方立即放人，也要求全球各國必須妥當對待他國公民。
美國總統川普與中國國家主席習近平1日在阿根廷舉行會談當天，加拿大政府應美國要求，逮捕孟晚舟，理由是涉嫌違反美國對伊朗制裁規定。
加拿大卑詩省最高法院11日裁決孟晚舟交保候傳，保釋金為1000萬加幣（約合新台幣2億3000萬元），且孟晚舟必須交出護照，留在卑詩省，接受24小時保全監視。美國政府須在60天內提出正式引渡請求；若美方未提交，孟晚舟必須被釋放。
孟晚舟被捕後，北京本週拘留2名加拿大公民，外界普遍認為與孟晚舟案有關。
（中央社渥太華14日綜合外電報導）加拿大外交部今天表示，該國駐中國大使麥家廉已獲准探視遭北京拘留的加拿大前外交官康明凱，目前正尋求接觸同樣在本週遭北京扣押的另一名加國公民史佩弗。
加拿大外交部在聲明中只表示，麥家廉（John McCallum）已在北京和康明凱（Michael Kovrig）見面，並未透露其他細節。前往北京訪問的康明凱10日遭中國逮捕。
聲明還指出，渥太華正爭取探視加拿大商人史佩弗（Michael Spavor）。
康明凱和史佩弗遭中國拘捕前，加拿大應美國提出的引渡要求，1日逮捕在溫哥華轉機的華為公司財務長孟晚舟，引發北京震怒。
加拿大總理杜魯道（Justin Trudeau）今天指出，中國拘捕兩名加拿大公民，令人無法接受，並對加、中雙邊關係惡化可能對經濟造成不利影響，表示憂慮。
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said today that two Canadian citizens being held in China are being unlawfully detained and should be returned to Canada.
Pompeo made the comments in Washington D.C. during a joint press conference with Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, U.S. Secretary of Defence James Mattis and Minister of Defence Harjit Sajjin. Pompeo also pledged to work to ensure the Canadians’ safe return.
“The unlawful detention of two Canadian citizens is unacceptable. They ought to be returned,” Pompeo said.
“The United States has stood for that whether they are our citizens, or citizens of other countries. We ask all nations of the world to treat other citizens properly and the detention of these two Canadian citizens in China ought to end.”
Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig were detained by China on Monday over what the Beijing News, a state-run Chinese newspaper, described as suspicion of engagement in activities that endanger China’s state security.
Pompeo said the U.S. works to get its own detained travellers returned home and it will “do it in this case as well.”
Canada has been granted consular access to Kovrig. Freeland said today that Ottawa’s priority now is to gain access to Spavor as well, and to ensure that both Canadians are able to receive full consular services from Canadian officials.
“We will always advocate strongly and fiercely for Canadian citizens when they are detained abroad,” Freeland said.
“In the cases of Mr. Kovrig and Mr. Spavor, our immediate concern has been to gain consular access to them and to understand what the charges are that have been put on them by the Chinese authorities. We are seeking that. We are advocating for them very, very aggressively.”
Freeland said Canada’s ambassador to China, John McCallum, met with Kovrig, a former serving Canadian diplomat on leave from Global Affairs, in Beijing earlier today.
An escalating trade war
Consular visits can involve assessing the well-being of a Canadian citizen, clarifying the nature of a detention with local authorities, providing legal guidance and seeking access to medical attention.
The detentions of Kovrig and Spavor happened after Canadian officials arrested the chief financial officer of the Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei, Meng Wanzhou, on an extradition request from the U.S. She has been released on $10 million bail.
Canada has argued that the request to detain Meng was made at the officials’ level and was not politically motivated.
When asked if the detention of the two Canadian men was intended as retaliation, a spokesperson for China’s Foreign Ministry said they were being handled according to Chinese law.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today stepped up his criticism of China’s actions, calling them “not acceptable.”
“We are being absolutely clear on standing up for our citizens who have been detained, trying to figure out why, trying to work with China to demonstrate that this is not acceptable,” he told City TV in Toronto.
Meng is being sought for extradition by American authorities, who accuse her of fraud and violations of international sanctions against Iran. Trudeau expressed a fear that a swelling U.S.-China trade dispute now threatens to drag in bystander nations like Canada.
“This is one of the situations you get in when the two largest economies in the world, China and the United States, start picking a fight with each other,” he said.
“The escalating trade war between them is going to have all sorts of unintended consequences on Canada, potentially on the entire global economy. We’re very worried about that.”
Minister’s visit postponed
Meanwhile, Canada and China have pressed pause on plans to mark the end of their joint year of tourism due to the growing diplomatic tensions — and federal Tourism Minister Mélanie Joly is no longer heading to Beijing next week.
The Canada-China Year of Tourism 2018 was developed as a partnership to promote travel between the two countries. Joly had planned to be in Beijing for the closing ceremony, set for Dec. 17 to 20.
On Thursday, the minister still planned to attend, but on Friday, her spokesperson said Canada and China had mutually agreed to postpone the ceremony.
“Both governments agreed this would allow us to better achieve our shared objectives,” said Jeremy Ghio.
“We look forward to meeting again to continue building people-to-people ties and strengthening the tourism relationship between Canada and China — a relationship that creates good jobs for middle class families and opportunities for people in both countries.”
The friction between Ottawa and Beijing is affecting the retail sector as well. The popular outdoor apparel maker Canada Goose is delaying the opening of its new flagship store in Beijing.
The store was supposed to open Saturday, but in a message posted to Weibo, China’s social media platform, the luxury coat maker said the postponement is for construction reasons.
The outerwear maker became a style icon in China after launching there last year to much fanfare, but its shares fell this week after it became the target of Chinese consumers upset by Meng’s arrest.
Weibo users have proposed boycotting the company’s products as payback for Meng’s detention in Canada.
The movement gained momentum after the Chinese state-run newspaper Global Times reported on the boycott proposal.