The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced she will participate in the annual Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-Canada Post-Ministerial Conference and the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in Singapore on August 3 and 4, 2018.
Canada welcomes the signing into law of the Bangsamoro Organic Law, aiming to advance the peace process by implementing provisions of the 2012 peace accord between the Government of the Philippines and the parties in conflict in the Muslim-majority areas of Mindanao.
Canada today announced over $50 million in new support to address the needs of the poorest and most vulnerable Palestinians. This support includes several humanitarian initiatives aimed at responding to the most pressing humanitarian needs, and four new development projects that foster economic growth that works for everyone.
Canada is committed to addressing the needs of the poorest and most vulnerable Palestinians while advancing the cause of peace, including by supporting the Palestinian people to build the social and economic conditions necessary for a two-state solution.
“Through its illegal invasion and annexation of Crimea, Russia has violated the international rules-based order and the vital international norm that no country can change another country’s borders by force.
Matt DeCourcey, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, announced today he will represent the Government of Canada at the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom in Washington, D.C., on July 25 and 26, 2018.
The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Honourable Bill Morneau, Minister of Finance, and the Honourable Jim Carr, Minister of International Trade Diversification, will hold a media teleconference from Mexico City, Mexico, following meetings with Enrique Peña Nieto, President of Mexico, and Andrés Manuel López Obrador, president-elect of Mexico.
On the last day of her visit to Ukraine, the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development, announced up to $4.75 million in funding over five years to support a Women’s Voice and Leadership initiative in Ukraine.