Huawei issued a statement in response to Google’s move to suspend business with the company on Monday.

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Huawei said that it will continue to build a safe and sustainable software ecosystem to provide the best experience for all users globally.

“Huawei has made substantial contributions to the development and growth of Android around the world. As one of Android’s key global partners, we have worked closely with their open-source platform to develop an ecosystem that has benefitted both users and the industry,” said the statement.

Huawei said it will continue to provide security updates and after-sales services to all existing Huawei and Honor smartphone and tablet products, covering those that have been sold and that are still in stock globally.

Huawei said that as a smartphone operating system, Android has always been open source. As an important participant, Huawei has made a very important contribution to the development and growth of Android. Huawei has the ability to continue to develop and use the Android ecosystem.

(Compiled by Zhang Jian)