OTTAWA — Canada and Russia will hold a joint conference on Arctic co-operation next month in Ottawa, despite differences over Syria and Ukraine.
Pam Goldsmith-Jones, parliamentary secretary to Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion, said Canada profoundly disagrees with Russia’s conduct in Ukraine and Syria.
But the two countries have to talk because between them they control three quarters of the Arctic — Russia, half and Canada a quarter.
“Preventing scientists from these countries from talking to one another is irrational. Our government wishes to be rational,” she said in a speech Thursday at Carleton University in Ottawa, where the November conference will be …read more
Source: National Newswatch
