Ottawa – Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, has announced that Canada is imposing sanctions against ten individuals and six entities under the Special Economic Measures (Belarus) Regulations. These persons are sanctioned on the fourth anniversary of the fraudulent presidential elections in Belarus, in response to their involvement in ongoing and systematic human rights abuses in Belarus and support for …
Minister Joly meets with David Cameron, others in Brussels
Brussels – Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, met with David Cameron, Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom, during the Meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs held in Brussels, Belgium. Minister Joly congratulated Secretary Cameron on his recent appointment to this position and expressed Canada’s appreciation for the two countries’ strong ongoing …
Canada announces additional sanctions against Russia’s military, nuclear sectors
Ottawa – Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced that Canada is imposing additional sanctions against 4 individuals and 29 entities that have direct ties to Russia’s military-industrial complex, as well as to its financial and nuclear sectors. These sanctions are part of the Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations and target those who are complicit in Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. …
Minister Duclos concludes G7 Health Ministers’ Meeting in Japan
Ottawa – Strong and effective relationships with international partners help Canada learn from others and advance innovative, transformative, and compassionate solutions on shared global health priorities. From May 13-14, Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Health, met with G7 partners to consider important global health issues. Health Ministers discussed pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response; how to achieve more resilient, equitable and sustainable universal …
Freeland speeks about economic coercion at Five Finance Ministers meeting
Washington – Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, issued the following statement: “Today I chaired the first in-person meeting of the “Five Finance Ministers” hosted at the US Treasury, which included my counterparts from Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. We discussed how best to collectively respond to economic coercion, including how we …
Group of Creditors of Ukraine Provides Financing Assurances
Ottawa – The Group of Creditors of Ukraine gave the following statement: The representatives of the Group of Creditors of Ukraine held a meeting on 23 March 2023, in the presence of representatives of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, to provide financing assurances to support the approval by the IMF Executive Board of the envisaged IMF programme …