China has filed a diplomatic protest against Canada for having included Chinese companies in new sanctions against Russia, its Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Tuesday.
“China has always opposed unilateral sanctions which have no basis in international law and are not authorized by the United Nations Security Council,” Lin Jian, spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Affairs on Tuesday foreign by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday.
“Canada’s sanctions against Chinese entities are completely unjustified and completely wrong,” he added.
On Monday, Trudeau announced new sanctions targeting 76 people and entities who, according to the government, provide support for Russian soldiers, are involved in the forced transfer of Ukrainian children or support the regime of Russian president Vladimir Putin.
The Prime Minister also announced that Canada sanctioned 109 ships according to their involvement in the transfer of sanctioned Russian goods, including hydrocarbons, affirming that revenues feed the Russian war machine.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, speaking to kyiv on the occasion of the 3rd anniversary of the large -scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia, called the unjustified brutal war of the assault ” of Russia And has promised more help and equipment for Ukraine’s fight.
