The China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank said it would cooperate with a Canadian government probe triggered by a senior employee's resignation in protest over what he alleged was Chinese Communist Party influence
Bob Pickard, a Canadian national and former global communications chief for the AIIB, announced his resignation in a scathing social media post on Wednesday. Hours later, Ottawa said it was freezing ties with the bank while it probed the allegations.
"We welcome this review and will be cooperating fully," vice president Ludger Schuknecht was quoted as saying in a press release published on the bank's website on Thursday. "Transparency is essential to the trust of our 106 Members, our multilateral peers, our development partners, our community of civil society organizations, and the citizens we serve."
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