Volatile World, Arbitrary Detentions Have Ottawa Seeking More Friends at UN Next Week

Volatile World, Arbitrary Detentions Have Ottawa Seeking More Friends at UN Next Week
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mélanie Joly delivers remarks at the Global Heads of Mission Meeting in Ottawa, on June 7, 2023. The Canadian Press/Spencer Colby
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The Trudeau government is planning to use next week’s United Nations General Assembly to try building momentum against states using people as pawns in diplomatic spats, with the help of former detainees such as Michael Kovrig.

“We’re in the midst of an international security crisis. That’s the reality in which Canada and the world is right now,” Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly told The Canadian Press in an exclusive interview.