Treat Canadian Detainees Well, Says Nato Chief

Nato's chief has called on China to treat detained Canadian citizens "fairly and with due process".

Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday that he was following the situation of the Canadians detained in China in December "with concern", in his first public comments about the case.

He called on Beijing to address the concerns of Canada, which wants the pair to be "immediately released".

The Canadians have been detained in apparent retaliation for the arrest of a top Chinese Huawei executive.

The case has drawn Canada into an escalating diplomatic crisis with Beijing, which has detained two Canadians in what was widely seen as an act of retaliation for the executive's arrest.

The US Justice Department this week unveiled a raft of charges against Huawei which could see its Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou extradited to the United States and threaten its business worldwide. (AP, AFP)