Canada says China has role to play in keeping Red Sea safe

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Open this photo in gallery: Foreign Minister Melanie Joly speaks during a press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 2.VALENTYN OGIRENKO/Reuters Foreign Minister Melanie Joly on Sunday said China should play a role in keeping the Red Sea safe for commerce because Chinese ships are at risk there as well, and urged Beijing to stop helping Russia sidestep international sanctions. In an interview, Joly said she told China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi in a bilateral meeting on Saturday that Beijing needs “to help to influence the Houthis to keep the Red Sea open.” “It’s in China’s interests as an exporter,”...