The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Honourable Rex Tillerson, Secretary of State of the United States, today released details of the Vancouver Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on Security and Stability on the Korean peninsula.
The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Honourable Francois-Philippe Champagne, Minister of International Trade, today issued the following statement
Let me begin by thanking Masood, Nancy, and the leadership and scholars of CGD [Center for Global Development] for hosting this important event at such a critical time. To bring together this level of expertise in one place to discuss the links between women’ and girls’ reproductive choices and their economic empowerment is one of the many reasons we appreciate working with the centre.
The close partnership between Canada and the United States is built on shared geography, values and economic interests. It allows the two countries to collaborate on important issues, including trade and investment, energy, the environment, border management, defence and security, and global cooperation.
Canada is concerned by the extremely fragile humanitarian situation in Somalia and supports international efforts to meet the basic needs of the millions of Somalis facing hunger, disease, displacement, physical insecurity and loss of livelihoods. Somalia continues to face the ongoing effects of nearly three decades of conflict and insecurity as well as the impact of chronic drought and other natural disasters.
The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie today issued the following statement