Government Travel Expenses

Global Affairs Canada

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

Travel to Reykjavik, Iceland; London, UK; Brussels, Belgium; Basel, Switzerland; and Manama, Bahrain. (Reykjavik): Bilateral visit and meetings with HE Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson, Minister of Foreign Affairs. Joint press conference and interviews with Icelandic media. Meeting with HE Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson, Prime Minister. Meeting with HE Einar Kristinn Gudfinnsson, Speaker of the Althing, and meeting with the Members of the Althingi Foreign Relations Committee. Wreath laying ceremony at Commonwealth War Graves of 16 Canadian soldiers. Meet and greet at the Canadian Embassy with Ambassador Wheeler. Meeting with HE Bjarni Benediktsson, Minister of Finance. (London): Meetings with: Sir Ronald Sanders, Research Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London; Rt. Hon. Sajid Javid, MP, Secretary of State for Culture; Mr. Paul Brundage of Oxford Properties; Lord Heseltine, advisor to Prime Minister Cameron. Presentation of the John G. Diefenbaker Defender of Human Rights and Freedom Award to the Rt. Hon. William Hague, Leader of the Government in the House of Commons for his work on the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative. Media interviews with CBC, CTV and Global. (Brussels): NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting. Meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission. Meeting of the North Atlantic Council on Operation RESOLUTE SUPPORT. Working dinner of NATO Foreign Ministers. Meeting of the International Coalition Against Daesh hosted by HE John Kerry, US Secretary of State. Meeting of the International Community on Afghanistan with HE Ashraf Ghani, President of Afghanistan, and HE Abdullah Abdullah, CEO of Afghanistan. Bilateral meetings with: HE Mevlut Cavusoglu, Foreign Minister of Turkey; HE Edgars Rinkevics, Foreign Minister of Latvia; HE Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Foreign Minister of Germany; HE Bert Koenders, Foreign Minister of The Netherlands; HE Tamar Beruchashvili, Foreign Minister of Georgia; HE Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary-General of NATO; HE Zlatko Lagumdzija, Foreign Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina. (Basel): Meeting with Crimean Tatar community and Foreign Ministers of Ukraine, Turkey, Lithuania, and representatives from the United States and the United Kingdom. Gave Canada’s national statement during OSCE plenary session. Bilateral meetings with HE Pavlo Klimkin, Foreign Minister of Ukraine; HE Daniel Mitov, Foreign Minister of Bulgaria; HE Keit Pentus-Rosimanus, Foreign Minister of Estonia; HE Sebastian Kurz, Foreign Minister of Austria. Attended working dinner of Foreign Ministers. (Bahrain): Attended Manama Dialogue 10th Anniversary Meeting, hosted by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). Gave speech and answered questions on panel alongside HE Dr. Abdul Latif bin Rashid Al Zayani, Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council, and Rt. Hon. Michael Fallon, MP, Secretary of Defence of the United Kingdom. Bilateral Meetings with HH Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa, King of Bahrain; HH Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa; and HH Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmad al-Khalifa, Foreign Minister of Bahrain. Media interviews with Sky News Arabia, Gulf News, Associated Press, and al-Hayat. Attended and spoke at business reception.

Nov 27, 2014 to Dec 8, 2014

Reykjavik, London, Brussels, Basel and Manama

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