SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese state media welcomed telecoms giant Huawei’s chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, back to the “motherland” on Saturday, after more than 1,000 days under house arrest in Canada, on what they called unfounded charges of bank fraud.

They have not spoken out about Michael Kovrig or Michael Spavor who were released by China in an apparent gesture of reciprocity.

CCTV, China’s state television network carried the statement of the Huawei executive as she flew her plane over the North Pole in order to avoid U.S. airspace.

Meng described Meng’s eyes as “blurring” with tears when Meng approached her “the embrace of our great motherland”.

Meng added that “without a strong momland, it would be impossible for me to enjoy the freedoms I enjoy today.”

Meng was detained in Vancouver in December 2018. She had been issued an arrest warrant by a New York Court alleging that she attempted to hide the attempts of Huawei-linked businesses to sell Iranian equipment in violation of U.S. sanctions.

After two years’ worth of legal arguments, Meng was finally permitted to flee Canada to return to China Friday after reaching a compromise with U.S.prosecutors.

Canadians Michael Kovrig (Canadian) and Michael Spavor (Canadian), were detained by Chinese authorities a few days following Meng’s arrest. They were released just hours later, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said.

Xinhua, the Chinese state news agency acknowledged Meng’s release from house arrest.

Hu Xijin was the editor-in-chief of Global Times, a tabloid supported by the ruling Communist Party. He wrote (NYSE:) on Twitter that Meng had “painful 3 years” and “international relations are in chaos”.

He said, “No arbitrary arrest of Chinese persons is permitted.”

Hu, however, has not mentioned Spavor and Kovrig’s release. There have also been very few reactions to China’s Weibo, NASDAQ: social media platform.

Public comment was also not made by the foreign ministry.

China had previously said that they did not participate in “hostage diplomacy”, and claimed that Meng was not being extradited by the Canadians who were arrested and held.

Spavor, who was charged with supplying photos of military equipment to Kovrig in August, was sentenced to eleven years imprisonment. Kovrig was still awaiting sentence.