Canada welcomes new Lebanese president

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Ottawa – Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister, Melanie Joly has congratulated Joseph Aoun on appointment as Lebanon’s president. She said: “Congratulations President Joseph Aoun on your election. Lebanon now has a renewed opportunity to meet the legitimate demands of its people for a sustainable, peaceful future. Canada will always stand with the Lebanese people. I look forward to working together.“

Canada imposes new sanctions against Lebanese nationals

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Ottawa – Following the third anniversary of the explosion at the Port of Beirut, Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, has announced that Canada is imposing sanctions under the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law) in coordination with the United Kingdom and the United States. These sanctions will add 3 Lebanese nationals to the Schedule of …