Trudeau-Xi Jinping Heated Exchange Of Words At G20 Caught On Camera

Bali [Indonesia]:  Chinese President Xi Jinping and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had a heated exchange of words during their conversation on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Bali on Wednesday with the Chinese leader complaining about the media reporting about their communication, according to a video of the meeting posted by a Canada-based journalist.

In the video, Xi is heard expressing his displeasure about talks between China and Canada being leaked to the Canadian Press. The two leaders had earlier met on Tuesday on the sidelines of the summit. ‘The Cdn Pool cam captured a tough talk between Chinese President Xi & PM Trudeau at the G20 today. In it, Xi expressed his displeasure that everything discussed yesterday ‘has been leaked to the paper(s), that’s not appropriate… & that’s not the way the conversation was conducted,’ Annie Bergeron-Oliver from the Canadian press CTV National News said in a tweet.

Speaking through an interpreter, Xi said, ‘Everything we decided has been leaked to the papers that’s not appropriate… and that’s not the way the conversation was conducted if there is sincerity on your part…’

The Canadian Prime Minister is heard stating that there was free, open and frank dialogue and that there will be things the two countries disagree on.

‘We will continue to help…work constructively together but there will be many things we will disagree on,’ Trudeau said.

The video ends with Xi Jinping saying ‘let’s create the conditions first’.

The two leaders shook hands after the brief conversation.

Trudeau had raised ‘serious concerns’ over alleged Chinese interference in Canada in brief talks with Xi on the sidelines of this week’s Group of 20 (G20) meeting in Indonesia.