His itinerary, confirmed by the State Department, volition see look clip with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau successful Ottawa and a sojourn to a assemblage halfway supporting Ukrainian refugees with Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland.
A halt successful Montreal wherever his Canadian counterpart, Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly, is from, has besides been worked into the docket wherever the brace volition sojourn a Quebec lithium recycling facility.
It’s been astir a period since Blinken welcomed Joly successful Washington, D.C., for her 2nd sojourn to the U.S. superior since being sworn successful arsenic overseas curate a twelvemonth ago.
Since that visit, the U.S. released its updated Arctic strategy, shaped by goals to some combat clime alteration and thrust economical growth.
“We look guardant to continuing to enactment intimately with Canada to marque them a reality,” Blinken said of the country’s ambitions successful the region.
Canada is the past G-7 state to beryllium visited by Blinken, having made aggregate trips to Italy, Japan, France, the United Kingdom and Germany successful his 21 months successful office.
President Joe Biden has yet to sojourn Canada during his presidency, contempt “ongoing discussions” astir timing.
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