Canada’s new foreign affairs minister meets in D.C. with U.S. counterpart Blinken

Canada’s new foreign affairs minister meets in D.C. with U.S. counterpart Blinken
Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly speaks during a news conference, October 26, 2021 in Ottawa. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
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WASHINGTON—Melanie Joly is meeting U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in her first stateside visit as Canada’s new foreign affairs minister.

The meeting comes one week before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sits down with President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador at the White House.