July 28, 2015 - Ottawa, Ontario - Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada
The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced that he will travel to Québec City for a July 30, 2015, meeting of the political directors of the Small Group of the Global Coalition against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
ISIS continues to present a serious threat to regional and global security, including a direct threat to Canadian citizens at home and abroad. Canada stands at the forefront of international efforts to address the significant security and political challenges resulting from ISIS’s terrorist campaign. Canada is taking action to counter ISIS’s barbaric activities and expansionist agenda by participating in Coalition military air strikes and by working with its partners to stem the flow of foreign fighters, disrupt ISIS’s funding sources and counter terrorist narratives.
Canada is also actively supporting humanitarian relief efforts to respond to the needs of civilians affected by the conflict. Canada remains fully committed to these international efforts.
To that end, on July 30, 2015, Canada, the United States and Iraq will co-chair a meeting in Québec City of anti-ISIS Coalition political directors to review the progress of Coalition efforts to date.
“ISIS continues to present a serious threat to regional and global security, including a direct threat to Canadian citizens at home and abroad. It has committed acts of gruesome violence in the name of an extremist ideology that espouses the forced conversion, enslavement or elimination of all non-believers. Minorities and the women and girls targeted by ISIS are not incidental victims of terror but are deliberately selected by ISIS and are even used to recruit, encourage and reward its fighters.”
- The Honourable Rob Nicholson, Minister of Foreign Affairs
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