《人民日报》:大使先生,刚才您提到2018年中加贸易额有望超过1000亿加元。如果中加关系这种局面持续下去,未来会不会对中加经贸等领域合作产生影响?
卢大使:当前中加关系的现状确实对中加双方交往和合作造成很大冲击,这是我们所不愿看到的,责任不在中方。但中国政府愿同加政府共同努力、共同寻找有效的途径来解决目前面临的问题。但是解决问题需要诚意,需要把整个事情的来龙去脉、是非曲直搞清楚,要抓住问题的症结,分清彼此的责任,是谁的问题谁就要负责解决,而不能说自己的问题一笔勾销,却要对方解决自己的关切。我们希望通过双边渠道冷静地处理有关问题,而不要诉诸“麦克风”外交,这样把问题炒热反而无益于解决问题。我们希望能够通过双方的相向而行、共同努力尽快把这些问题解决掉,使两国关系回到正轨。
People's Daily: As you mentioned earlier, the bilateral trade volume of 2018 exceeded 100 billion Canadian dollars, will the current China-Canada tensions have impact on the cooperation in trade and other fields, if the tensions will last?
Ambassador Lu: Yes, indeed, the current China-Canada relations have significantly impacted the cooperation and exchanges between the two countries. This is not something we want to see, but the responsibilities is not on the Chines side.
The Chinese government is willing to work together with the Canadian government to seek ways to resolve the issues that we currently face. But in order to resolve the problems, the parties involved need show sincerity, all the ins and outs, and the rights and wrongs must be made clear. We need to strike at the roots of the problems, and figure out the responsibilities of each party. The one who bears the responsibilities should solve their problems first, instead of writing them off and asking the other side to take care of their concerns. We hope these issues can be settled through bilateral channels in a calm manner, instead of resorting to "microphone diplomacy", hyping up the issue is not conducive to its settlement. We hope these problems can soon be solved jointly by both sides meeting each other half way, so as to bring bilateral relations back to the right track.
新华社:大使先生,我注意到,昨天加拿大外长在接受加媒体采访时说,扣押两个加拿大人不是针对加拿大,而是针对整个国际社会。她下周要去达沃斯开会,要把这件事情在达沃斯经济论坛上提出来。对此,您怎么看?
卢大使:昨天中国外交部发言人已经就这个问题作了回答,事实表明,说中国是对世界其他国家的威胁,这显然是不对的,不符合事实。我刚才也讲到,双方应该通过双边渠道,坐下来冷静地进行商谈,而不要诉诸媒体搞“麦克风”外交。同样,去拉一些国家给自己帮腔,也无助于这个问题的解决。多几个国家表态支持并不能改变问题的性质,公开地打“口水战”可能会激化矛盾,不利于问题的解决。达沃斯世界经济论坛是个谈经济的地方,我们希望不要谈跟经济无关的事情。如果加方有解决问题的诚意,就不应该这么做。我们希望加方三思而后行。
Xinhua News Agency: Mr. Ambassador, I have noticed the report, yesterday the Canadian Foreign Minister said in an interview with the Canadian media that the detention of two Canadians is not against Canada, but against the entire international community. And she's going to bring this issue up at Davos Economic Forum when she participates in the event. What is your response on this?
Ambassador Lu: Yesterday, the spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry has already answered this question. Facts show that it is obviously not true to say that China is a threat to the rest of the world. As I said earlier, the two sides should sit down and talk calmly through bilateral channels, instead of resorting to the media for "microphone diplomacy". Likewise, bringing in some countries for echoing will not be conducive to its settlement. Expression of support from some countries will not change the nature of the issue. An open war of words may aggravate tensions and not help resolve the issue. Davos is a place for economy discussions, and we do not expect topics irrelevant. If the Canadian side has the sincerity to solve the problem, it should not do so. We hope the Canadian side will think twice before acting.