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Trade envoy signals Canada will protest Russian war at Apec, other summits

Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit speaks at the opening ceremony of the trade ministers meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in Bangkok on Saturday. (Reuters photo)

SINGAPORE: Canadian Trade Minister Mary Ng signalled on Wednesday that the country may continue to protest the war in Ukraine at multilateral summits involving Russian officials after doing so in Bangkok over the weekend.

Ng, along with trade officials from several countries including the United States, Japan, Australia and New Zealand walked out of the meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) trade ministers in Bangkok on Saturday as Russian Economic Development Minister Maksim Reshetnikovspoke. The group later issued a statement expressing “grave concern” over Moscow’s aggression in Ukraine.

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