OTTAWA—Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion says Canada has joined an international body seeking to broker an end to the Syrian civil war.
The International Syria Support Group includes 26 countries and organizations, including the United States and Russia, which are co-chairs of the body.
Dion says only a negotiated settlement can end the civil war and eliminate the destabilizing influence of the conflict, including the huge migrant populations surging into Europe.
He says the Russians and the Americans have proposed a sequence of events including a ceasefire, a transition period, and free elections.
Canada agrees with that plan, he says, adding that ending the conflict is vital.
Canada must be a determined peace-builder and the peace process in Syria is key for the world.
