Government Travel Expenses

Global Affairs Canada

Minister/Ministerial adviser/Ministerial staff/Parliamentary Secretary/Exempt Staff

Visit to CIDA Project; mtgs with: HM King Abdullah II; HE Nasser Judeh, Min. of Foreign Affairs; Arab Women’s Leadership Initiative; inauguration of new Canadian chancery in Amman; media callbacks. Mtgs with: HE Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Min. of Foreign Affairs; Chair of the Abu Dhabi Exec. Authority; HE Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi; business reception, mtg w/ Canadian embassy staff and presentation of cards to two retiring employees. Bkfst mtg with business representatives, meetings with: HH Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of Qatar; HE Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jaber Al-Thani, PM and Foreign Minister of Qatar. Mtgs with HRH King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain, HE Sheikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Bin Mohamed Al Khalifa, Min. of Foreign Affairs. Mtgs with HE Nicos Anastasiades, Pres. of Cyprus, HE Ioannis Kasoulides, Min. of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus; with CERA, DEFA and KRETYK; wreath laying at the Canadian Peacekeeping Memorial, speech to the Canada-Cyprus Business Association; Mtgs with HE Mahmoud Abbas, Pres. of the Palestinian Authority, HE Salam Fayyad, PM of the Palestinian Authority; HE Riyad al-Maliki, Foreign Minister of the Palestinian Authority; Rt. Hon. Tony Blair, Quartet Representative. Briefing by Israel Defense Forces; attended Holocaust Remembrance Day at Yad Vashem; mtgs with HE Shimon Peres, Pres. of Israel, HE Benjamin Netanyahu, PM of Israel, HE Naftali Bennett, Min. of Economy and Trade, HE Moshe Ya’alon, Min. of Defence; HE Yuval Steinitz, Min. of Strategic Affairs, Intelligence and Strategic Affairs; Mr. Ze’ev Elkin, Deputy Min. of Foreign Affairs; HE Yair Lapid, Min. of Finance, HE Tzipi Livni, Min. of Justice and Chief Negotiator with the Palestinians; Start-Up Nation Institute; Dan Gillerman; Amir Elstein; lunch with Mr. Avigdor Lieberman, MK; reception held by CIJA, media interviews; reception hosted by the Canadian embassy with political, business and expatriate community. Mtgs with HE Fumio Kishida, Min. of Foreign Affairs of Japan; Rt. Hon. Catherine Ashton of the European Union; HE Gordon Campbell, and other meetings at the Canadian High Commission. Attended G8 Foreign Ministers mtg and related events.

Mar 28, 2013 to Apr 13, 2013

Middle East, Cyprus, West Bank, Israel and London

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