Commemorative ceremony marking the 65^th anniversary of the Korean War Armistice

Ottawa, ON – The Honourable Seamus O’Regan, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, will join His Excellency Shin Maeng-Ho, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea, Bill Black, President of the Korea Veterans Association Unit 7 in Ottawa, and other officials to commemorate the 65^th anniversary of the Korean War Armistice at a ceremony and wreath laying at the National War Memorial.

Location:        National War Memorial
                        Wellington Street
                        Ottawa

Date:               Sunday, June 24, 2018

Time:               10:30 ET

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In 2018, the Government of Canada will mark the 65^th anniversary of the Korean War Armistice, the 10^th anniversary of National Peacekeepers’ Day and the 100^th anniversary of Canada’s Hundred Days and the end of the First World War.

Media inquiries:

Media Relations
Veterans Affairs Canada
613-992-7468
vac.media-medias.acc@vac-acc.gc.ca                 

Alex Wellstead
Press Secretary
Office of the Minister of Veterans Affairs
alex.wellstead@canada.ca

Natalie SoEan Her
Executive Assistant to the Defence Attaché
Embassy of the Republic of Korea to Canada
613-244-5027
Defenceaide@mofa.go.kr