The Honourable Randeep Sarai, Secretary of State (International Development), today issued the following statement:
“Canada’s international development initiatives help foster healthier communities, build stronger economies and promote global stability. International development partnerships reduce poverty and build relationships and can help diversify our trade by creating opportunities for Canadian businesses, exporters and investors in emerging markets.
Today, the Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs, issued the following statement:
“Five years ago today, Myanmar’s military overthrew the country’s democratically elected government. Since the coup, the situation has deteriorated into one of the world’s most severe human rights and humanitarian crises. The conflict has displaced more than 3.6 million people internally and left more than 16 million in need of humanitarian assistance, including 5 million children.
“We the Foreign Ministers of Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Norway, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom strongly condemn the demolitions by the Israeli authorities of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) headquarters in East Jerusalem, on 20 January 2026.
The Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture and Minister responsible for Official Languages, released the following statement on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and the High Representative of the European Union, are gravely concerned by the developments surrounding the ongoing protests in Iran. We strongly oppose the intensification of the Iranian authorities’ brutal repression of the Iranian people, who have been bravely voicing legitimate aspirations for a better life, dignity and freedom, since the end of December 2025.
The Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Honourable Steven MacKinnon, Minister of Transport and Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, today issued the following statement:
We, the foreign ministers of Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Japan, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom express serious concerns about the renewed deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Gaza, which remains catastrophic.
