2018年CRI Canada-Saudi Arabia ties worsening

 

Saudi Arabia said it was expelling the Canadian ambassador and had recalled its envoy¹ while freezing all new trade and investments, in protest at Ottawa's calls for the release of jailed Saudi activists².

The kingdom slammed Canada for "interference" in its internal affairs.

The move, which underscores a new foreign policy led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin³ Salman, comes after Canada demanded the immediate⁴ release of human rights campaigners swept up in a new crackdown.

Canada has responded by saying it "will continue to advocate for human rights".

And the Canadian Press reported that Saudi Arabia is planning to withdraw 15,000 Saudi students studying on government-funded scholarships, grants and in trainee⁵ programs at Canadian universities, colleges, and other schools and transfer them to other countries such as Britain and the United States.

Meanwhile, Airline Saudi said it will suspend flights to and from Toronto as of next Monday.

For more on this, my colleague Ge Anna talked with Dr. James Dorsey, a senior fellow with the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technology University in Singapore.

1 envoy   

n.使节，使者，代表，公使

参考例句：

• Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
• The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。

2 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 bin   

n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件

参考例句：

• He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
• He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。

4 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

5 trainee   

n.受训练者

参考例句：

• The trainee checked out all right on his first flight.受训者第一次飞行完全合格。
• Few of the trainee footballers make it to the top.足球受训人员中没有几个能达到顶级水平。