| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
To build on this important partnership and ensure Canada’s missions can meet the needs of an evolving world, Global Affairs Canada today announced the redevelopment of the Canadian embassy in Mexico City.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
The Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced the following diplomatic appointment:
| Global Affairs Canada | backgrounders
Eric Walsh (BA Hons [Political Science], McGill University, 1994) joined the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in 1995. During his time at Headquarters, he worked in various positions, including as a negotiator for the Ottawa Treaty banning anti-personnel mines (1996 and 1997). He has also served as coordinator, Middle East and North Africa (2003 to 2005); director, North Asia (2007 to 2010); and director general, North America (2018 to 2022).
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Canada is supporting international efforts to identify and eliminate chemical weapons that remain in Syria, to prevent future use.
| Global Affairs Canada | statements
“The G7 RRM Secretariat today released a report on foreign information manipulation and interference targeting Moldova’s parliamentary election on September 28, 2025. It reflects observations from several G7 RRM members and associate members that jointly monitored, in consultation with the Moldovan government, foreign information threats targeting Moldova’s information space."
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Cuba is facing a deepening humanitarian crisis marked by repeated nationwide power grid failures, prolonged blackouts that last many hours across the island and acute fuel shortages. The ongoing economic and energy crisis has severely disrupted access to food, clean water, health care and other essential services.
| Global Affairs Canada | statements
The Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs, issued the following statement on the U.S. announcement of a 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon:
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The Honourable Maninder Sidhu, Minister of International Trade concluded the first visit of a Canadian Minister to South China since 2018, where he built on Prime Minister Mark Carney’s visit to Beijing earlier this year, advanced trade diversification, and delivered tangible outcomes for Canadian businesses, workers and exporters.
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Canada is gravely concerned about the worsening humanitarian crisis in Sudan, driven by a civil war that began three years ago and has grown in scale and severity. This conflict has resulted in war crimes, the largest human displacement crisis in the world, widespread sexual violence, famine, the longest nationwide school closures globally and the collapse of basic services that are critical for people’s safety, health, protection and dignity.
| Global Affairs Canada | backgrounders
Backgrounder: New funding to address humanitarian crisis in Sudan and neighbouring countries
