"Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada Anita Anand met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing on Thursday, amid a visit that occurred for the first time after the two countries' relations deteriorated amid Huawei Chief financial officer (CFO) Meng Wanzhou's arrest in Vancouver in 2018. "This is the first visit by a Canadian Prime Minister to China in eight years, and it holds pivotal and historic significance for bilateral relations," Wang Yi said. "China is willing to strengthen communication with Canada, enhance mutual trust, remove interference, deepen cooperation, and promote bilateral relations to develop steadily, substantively, and successfully under the new circumstances," he added. This comes after the board deputy chairperson and daughter of the founder of the Chinese multinational technology corporation Huawei Meng Wanzhou was arrested at Vancouver airport after the US request in December 2018 Later, China detained two Canadians, a consultant who worked in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Canadian former diplomat and geopolitical analyst and advisor working for the International Crisis Group Michael Kovrig."