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leaders of the United States, Japan, India and Australia sat facing each other. The first face-to-face summit of the 'Quad', known as a consultative body to contain China, was held. The leaders emphasized the free and open Indo-Pacific with one voice, and cooperated on vaccines and climate change issues to guard against China's growing influence. promised He also urged North Korea to refrain from provocations and engage in substantive dialogue.



Correspondent Song Wook from Beijing reports whether there will be changes in the complicated US-China relationship as Huawei's Vice Chairman Meng Wanzhou, who was a symbol of the US-China conflict after the summit, was released after two years and nine months.



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Meng Wanzhou, vice chairman of Chinese telecommunication equipment company Huawei, has been released from court after being ordered to be released.



It has been two years and nine months since I was arrested at Vancouver Airport, Canada at the request of the United States in December 2018.



[Meng Wanzhou/Huawei Vice Chairman: I thank my country and people for supporting and helping me. It has been a big support that has come to



this

day.]

The release follows the US Justice Department's suspension of prosecution in exchange for Meng's acknowledgment of some wrongdoing in relation to Iran sanctions.



In 2019, U.S. prosecutors indicted Meng on charges of evading sanctions against Iran and attempting to do business with Iran, and Meng has been pursuing a lawsuit seeking to prevent extradition to the United States while under house arrest.



After the chartered plane carrying Meng left for China, Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau announced the release of two Canadians held in China for espionage.



[Justin Trudeau/Prime Minister of Canada: About 12 minutes ago, the plane carrying Michael Kobrick and Michael Spaber left Chinese airspace and is heading home.] The



North Korean businessman and ex-diplomat, who are North Korean businessmen and former diplomats, are nine days after Meng was arrested. Caught in China.



Criticism of hostage diplomacy has arisen, but China has denied the connection.



Chinese state media all reported the release of Meng, emphasizing the role of the Chinese government.



There are also observations that thawing can be expected as the major conflicts in US-China relations have been removed by this incident.



However, with the prevailing view that the US-China relations will not change in the short term as the US strengthens its alliance and checks with China, there are also harsh evaluations that China and Canada have only solved the problem of detaining civilians with the understanding of the US.



(Video coverage: Choi Duk-hyun, video editing: Lee Seung-yeol)