Canada’s Foreign Minister heads to Indonesia, Vietnam to boost ties

Ottawa: Canada’s Foreign Minister Melanie Joly is on her Indonesia and Vietnam tour to expand partnerships and to reaffirm the valuable cooperation and growing partnership between Canada and ASEAN.

During the visit to Indonesia and Vietnam, the Canadian FM engaged in discussions on pressing global challenges and Canada’s significant contributions across the three ASEAN community pillars, including the Canada-ASEAN Scholarships and Educational Exchanges for Development, strong support to advance the Women, Peace and Security Agenda.

Reiterating Canada’s firm stand against Russia, Minister said that Canada’s ongoing response to President Putin’s illegal and unjustifiable war in Ukraine and the need to uphold an open, inclusive and rules-based regional order as well as a multilateral trading system.