CORRECTED-Canada to apply to join China-backed AIIB - president of AIIB
(Corrects application date to end Sept, not end of 2016, and name of official in second paragraph)
BEIJING, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Canada will apply to join the China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, the bank's president Jin Liqun said on Wednesday in a statement issued ahead of a news conference.
Canada will submit its application to join the AIIB by the end of September 2016, said Daniel Lauzon, a Canadian finance ministry official.
(Reporting by Yawen Chen and Sue-Lin Wong; Editing by Richard Borsuk)
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