Foreign Affairs Minister, US Counterpart Discuss Next Steps in Ukraine

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Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canada and the United States will continue to exert “maximum pressure” on Russia in response to its ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Joly made the statement on Twitter following a video meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. She says the two discussed shared priorities, including ongoing support for Ukraine and co-operating with NATO, although she offered no additional details. Later this week, Defence Minister Anita Anand will be in D.C. for her own set of in-person meetings with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon. The conversation between Joly and Blinken follows the secretary of state’s in-person meeting in Kyiv earlier this week with Austin and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. ...

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