Government Travel Expenses

Global Affairs Canada

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

Travel to Oslo Norway, working reception with members of the Norwegian business community. Meetings with members of the Canadian embassy staff in Oslo and meeting with the Canadian International Centre for the Arctic Region. Bilateral meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway, working dinner with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway. Meeting with Norwegian Heads of Mission, wreath laying ceremony at the Western civil cemetery for Fallen Canadian soldiers. Travel to Trondheim Norway, working visit to the Orland Military Base, meeting with senior Norwegian Military personnel, visit to NATO mission operations, briefings with senior NATO personnel. Visit to the Marine Institute of the University of Science and Technology, meeting with senior officials from the Martinek Marine Institute on potential opportunities for Canadian investments. Media interview with Norwegian TV 2. Travel to Copenhagen Denmark, bilateral meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, media interview with the Berlingske Tidende Newspaper. Travel to Salzburg Austria, Participation in the International Peace Institute and Salzburg Global forum symposium and high level meetings titled ‘ Lessons from the Past, Visions for the Future’. Panel discussuant on the globe’s current international security situation. Bilateral meeting with Terje Rod Larsen, president of the International Peace institute, Bilateral Meeting with the Chairman of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies. Media interview with Bethany Bell, BBC Foreign Correspondent. Media interview with Christian Ultsch, journalist, Die Presse. Bilateral meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Croatia. Working dinner with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Croatia. Working Visit to the Molson Coors investment Zagrebacka Brewery, meeting with the CEO of Zagrebacka company. Meeting with Canadian embassy staff in Zagreb, working reception with representatives of the Canadian and Croatian business and political communities. Bilateral meeting with the Minister of Defence of Croatia, media interview with the Vecernji List” Newspaper, media interview Hrvatska Radio Television. Travel to Belgrade Serbia, Meeting with the head of the Divac Foundation and government adviser in Serbia for humanitarian issues. Visit to flood affected town of Obrenovac, Visit to the Memorial Plaque for Canadian WWI Medical Missions at the Serbian Medical Association Building. Visit to the Belgrade Waterfront and meeting with Dr. Siniša Mali, Mayor of Belgrade. Working dinner with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia, bilateral meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia. Meeting with the President of Serbia, meeting with the Prime Minister of Serbia. Signing Ceremony for the Foreign Investment Protection Agreement with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications of Serbia. Working Lunch with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications of Serbia. Meeting with and visit to Dominion Voting Systems, Inauguration of the CANSEE-Canadian Serbian Business Association. Travel to Tirana Albania, Bilateral meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Albania, working Lunch Meeting with the Prime Minister of Albania, meeting with the Speaker of Parliament of Albania, Meeting with the President of Albania, media interview with Shqip Newspaper, working reception with Canadian investors and businesses in Albania. Travel to Baghdad Iraq, meeting with the President of Iraq, meeting with the Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament, meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iraq. Travel to Erbil Iraq, Briefing with Pershmerga commanders and visit to command post, meeting with the President of the KRG. Meeting with the Chief of Staff of the Prime Minister of the KRG, bilateral meeting with the Head of the KRG department of Foreign Relations. Visit to an IDP camp, meeting with Christian and Yezidi leaders.

Aug 21, 2014 to Sep 7, 2014

Norway, Denmark, Austria, Serbia, Albania and Iraq

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