Minister Joly Met With Chinese Counterpart, Second Contact in Recent Weeks

Published on February 19, 2024

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly had a face-to-face meeting in Germany with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, the second publicly disclosed interaction between the two within a little over a month. The meeting occurred on Feb. 17 on the margins of the Munich Security Conference, Global Affairs Canada (GAC) said in a readout. The department’s account is scant on details, only saying that the two ministers discussed “Canada-China relations and issues critical to global security, including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the crisis in the Middle East.” Both ministers agreed that discussions on bilateral issues should continue “pragmatically and constructively, in a spirit of mutual respect, with regular communication between the two sides,” the GAC readout added....

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