Foreign Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion (Saint-Laurent, Que.) announced that he will visit Burma from April 6 to 8, 2016. This visit comes at an exciting time, as the first democratic government in over 50 years assumes power in Burma. Dion will meet with the new president, Htin Kyaw, and Aung San Suu Kyi, minister of foreign … Read more
Parliamentary by-elections will be held in Burma and for the first time, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and honorary Canadian citizen Aung San Suu Kyi will herself be running for a seat. A Canadian delegation, led by Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Deepak Obhrai (Calgary East, AB), will be in Burma to observe … Read more
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird (Ottawa West-Nepean, ON) will travel to Burma. This will be the first official visit to that country by a Canadian foreign minister. In Naypyidaw, Baird will meet with president Thein Sein and other senior government leaders. Baird will also travel to Yangon to meet with Aung San Suu Kyi, General … Read more
