Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly will travel to Armenia from October 25 to 27 to deepen Canada-Armenia bilateral ties.
While in Yerevan, Armenia, Minister Joly will discuss means to strengthen bilateral relations between Canada and Armenia with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and President of the Republic Vahagn Khachaturyan.
She will officially open the new Embassy of Canada, which will allow for stronger bilateral ties and increased Canadian support to Armenian democracy.
Minister Joly will also explore ways to address the urgent needs of the thousands of civilians who are displaced due to the recent military operation of Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
She will also visit the Armenian Genocide Memorial Complex in honor of the 1.5 million lives that were lost during the Armenian genocide of 1915 and reaffirm Canada’s commitment to fighting any form of denial or revisionism.
