The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade, today wrapped up his successful six-day trade mission to Colombia and Peru, key Canadian partner countries in the Americas and priority markets under Canada's Global Markets Action Plan (GMAP).
"Canada welcomes the news that Nouri al-Maliki, Iraq's former prime minister, who had been vying for a third term in office, has agreed to step aside in support of Prime Minister-designate Haider al-Abadi. This development means that Iraq can now focus all its attention on building a unified, representative government capable of confronting the threat posed by the terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).