Huawei VP calls comment by US official 'senseless'

BRUSSELS - A senior representative of Chinese tech company Huawei lashed out at Gordon Sondland, United States ambassador to the European Union, in one of the strongest public remarks ever by the company against fearmongering.

In a ballroom in Brussels, Belgium, on Thursday, with more than 100 guests, mostly Europeans, Abraham Liu, Huawei's vice-president for the European region and chief representative to the EU institutions, launched into a robust defense of the technology giant.

"Recently, Huawei has been under constant attack by some countries and politicians. We are shocked, or sometimes feel amused, by those ungrounded and senseless allegations," he said.