Finance Minister Naoto Kan did not ask Canada to raise the need for a stronger Chinese yuan at the Feb. 5-6 meeting of Group of Seven finance ministers in Nunavut, the Finance Ministry said Thursday, flatly denying overseas media reports.
Senior ministry officials, requesting anonymity, said the reports are unfounded.
Kan has never met Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, the officials said, adding he has not telephoned or sent a letter to Flaherty regarding issues to be addressed at the G7 meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors in Iqaluit on Baffin Island.