Meng was arrested in December 2018 at the Vancouver airport on a U.S. warrant charging her with bank fraud for allegedly misleading HSBC about Huawei's business dealings in Iran.

China's ambassador to Canada directly linked the cases with Meng Wanzhou in an interview last month.

The statement comes as a Canadian parliamentary delegation is in China and is pushing for the release of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor.

In a press conference on Monday, Scheer laid out what he described as a plan for how he would respond to China banning imports from Canadian canola companies.

A delegation of Canadian politicians visiting China tried 'educating' the Chinese in how an independent judiciary functions.

The EU has previously expressed support for Canada in this matter, along with the United States, and has called for legal representation for the detainees.

The meeting comes two days after Canada's ambassador was granted access to meet with Michael Kovrig, who was detained last week.

While a Huawei executive faces possible U.S. charges over trade with Iran, the Chinese tech giant's ambition to be a leader in next-generation telecoms is colliding with security worries abroad.

The dispute between Canada and China escalated after Bejing detained two Canadians and warned more 'retaliation' will be in store if Huawei's CFO is not released.

China confirmed Thursday it has detained two Canadian men, raising the stakes in a three-way dispute over a Chinese technology executive facing possible extradition from Canada to the United States.