Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is proposing the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians study allegations that Canada did not heed warnings about the safety of its Ukraine embassy’s locally engaged staff ahead of the Russian invasion. Joly raised the possibility of the study while appearing at the House of Commons foreign affairs committee…
Mélanie Joly Proposes National Security Study on Safety of Kyiv Embassy’s Local Staff
Foreign Minister Joly to meet German counterpart in Montreal amid Russia tensions
Canada’s foreign affairs minister is to hold a public event in Montreal today with her German counterpart, following Canada’s controversial decision to send parts of a Russian natural gas pipeline back to Germany. The Foreign Affairs Department says Mélanie Joly will participate in a “fireside chat” with German federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, hosted by…
Mélanie Joly to Discuss Ukraine by Video Tuesday With US Secretary of State
Ukraine’s war with Russia will be top of mind Tuesday when Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly meets by video link with her U.S. counterpart. Joly and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will discuss the ongoing multilateral effort to push back against Russian President Vladimir Putin. Word of the meeting came shortly after Blinken and…
Foreign Affairs Minister Joly Heading to Indonesia, Vietnam to Expand Partnerships
Canada’s foreign affairs minister is travelling to Asia for meetings to expand partnerships and engage with nations as part of the government’s forthcoming Canadian Indo−Pacific Strategy. Mélanie Joly says she will visit Indonesia and Vietnam. She says in a release that the prosperity, security and well−being of Canadians will be increasingly linked to economic, social…
Canada’s Foreign Minister Meets Counterparts at NATO to Ramp up Pressure Moscow
Canada’s foreign affairs minister met counterparts at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Friday to co-ordinate continuing efforts to sanction Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. Before the meeting, Mélanie Joly said ministers planned to discuss a Russian attack on a major nuclear power plant in the eastern Ukraine city of Enerhodar. Russian troops seized the…
Canada Wants ICC Investigation of Russia, Says Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly
OTTAWA—Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canada wants the International Criminal Court to open an investigation into Russia for possible crimes against humanity because of its invasion of Ukraine. Joly announced Canada’s intent in Geneva today after she and other Western diplomats walked out in the middle of the address by their Russian counterpart, Sergey…
Canadian Foreign Minister Headed to the Polish-Ukraine Border
OTTAWA—Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says she is headed to the Polish-Ukraine border on Tuesday to make sure that Canada’s latest supply of military aid flows into the war-ravaged country. Joly says she will also be meeting with her Polish counterparts in Warsaw to discuss the refugee crisis spawned by the Russian invasion of Ukraine….
Russian Invasion Threat to Ukraine Imminent, Says Joly, Amid Diplomacy, Cyberattacks
OTTAWA—Canada’s foreign affairs minister says the threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine remains high as cyberattacks undermined earlier optimism Tuesday that the Kremlin might be drawing down its military forces. “The latest information I have is that the threat is real and imminent,” Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly told The Canadian Press Tuesday. “Everybody’s…
Russia Faces Severe Sanctions If It Moves Further Into Ukraine, Says Canada’s Joly
OTTAWA—Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly says Canada will join allies in imposing severe sanctions on Russian officials if the country takes further military action to compromise Ukrainian sovereignty. Russia has positioned about 100,000 troops across Ukraine’s borders along with tanks and other heavy artillery, stoking fears across Europe of an invasion, but Russia has denied…
Canada’s new foreign affairs minister meets in D.C. with U.S. counterpart Blinken
WASHINGTON—Melanie Joly is meeting U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in her first stateside visit as Canada’s new foreign affairs minister. The meeting comes one week before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sits down with President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador at the White House. Joly is in D.C. to discuss making…
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