MFA Press Statement : Visit by Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Law K Shanmugam to Canada, 16 to 19 September 2013

Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Law K Shanmugam will make an official visit to Ottawa, Canada from 16 to 19 September 2013. This will be Minister Shanmugam’s first official visit to Canada, which is being hosted by Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs John Baird. 

Minister Shanmugam’s visit to Canada takes place during Singapore’s term as the Country Coordinator for the ASEAN-Canada Dialogue Relations from July 2012 to July 2015.  It also coincides with Canada’s Chairmanship of the Arctic Council, which Singapore was admitted to recently as an Observer.     

Minister Shanmugam will meet with and be hosted to an official dinner by Minister Baird.  Minister Shanmugam will also have lunch with Canadian Senator Victor Oh, and meet with the President of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency and the Chair of the Arctic Council’s Senior Arctic Officials Patrick Borbey.

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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

SINGAPORE

16 SEPTEMBER 2013