Canada Condemns Sudanese Government Decision to Expel Chargé d'Affaires

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August 26, 2007
No. 117
The Honourable Maxime Bernier, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following
statement:
“I spoke on August 25 with the Foreign Minister of the Republic of the Sudan, Lam Akol.
I conveyed Canada’s strong concern about Sudan’s decision to expel Canada’s chargé
d’affaires.
“As the Government of Sudan has not revoked its expulsion order, Canada’s chargé,
who was acting in the finest traditions of Canadian diplomacy and was standing up for
our values of freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law in Sudan, was
instructed to leave Khartoum on Sunday, August 26.
“Canada condemns the Government of Sudan’s decision to expel the chargé d’affaires
as this expulsion is entirely unjustified, and there is no question of Canada issuing an
apology.”
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