<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><title>Canada and Lithuania news</title><subtitle>Canada News Centre</subtitle><updated>2026-03-06T14:03:15-05:00</updated><link href="http://localhost:8181/io-server/gc/news/en/v2?location=lithuania&amp;sort=publishedDate&amp;orderBy=desc&amp;publishedDate%3E=2015-01-01&amp;pick=1000&amp;format=atom&amp;atomtitle=Canada%20and%20Lithuania%20news" rel="self"/><id>https://www.canada.ca/en/news.html</id><logo>https://www.canada.ca/etc/designs/canada/wet-boew/assets/wmms-blk.svg</logo><entry><title>Minister Sidhu concludes productive meeting on Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement with European Union in Toronto</title><id>https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2026/03/minister-sidhu-concludes-productive-meeting-on-comprehensive-economic-and-trade-agreement-with-european-union-in-toronto.html</id><summary type="html">The Honourable Maninder Sidhu, Minister of International Trade, yesterday advocated for forward-looking trade and economic cooperation during the fifth meeting of the Joint Committee of the Canada-European Union (EU) Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), alongside Maroš Šefčovič, EU Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security and for Interinstitutional Relations and Transparency.</summary><author><name>Global Affairs Canada</name></author><category term="news releases"/><updated>2026-03-06T14:03:15-05:00</updated><link href="https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2026/03/minister-sidhu-concludes-productive-meeting-on-comprehensive-economic-and-trade-agreement-with-european-union-in-toronto.html"/></entry><entry><title>Tribunal Initiates Expiry Review—Wheat Gluten from Australia, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany and Lithuania</title><id>https://www.canada.ca/en/international-trade-tribunal/news/2026/03/tribunal-initiates-expiry-reviewwheat-gluten-from-australia-austria-belgium-france-germany-and-lithuania.html</id><summary type="html">The Canadian International Trade Tribunal today initiated an expiry review (RR-2025-009) of its finding made on April 22, 2021, in inquiry NQ-2020-003, to determine if the expiry of the finding is likely to lead to continued or resumed dumping of wheat gluten from Australia, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany and Lithuania and is likely to result in injury to the domestic industry.</summary><author><name>Canadian International Trade Tribunal</name></author><category term="news releases"/><updated>2026-03-02T16:05:00-05:00</updated><link href="https://www.canada.ca/en/international-trade-tribunal/news/2026/03/tribunal-initiates-expiry-reviewwheat-gluten-from-australia-austria-belgium-france-germany-and-lithuania.html"/></entry><entry><title>Joint statement of the International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children ahead of the UN’s World Children’s Day</title><id>https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2025/11/joint-statement-of-the-international-coalition-for-the-return-of-ukrainian-children-ahead-of-the-uns-world-childrens-day.html</id><summary type="html">“Ahead of UN World Children’s Day, marked on November 20, we, the representatives of the International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children, emphasize that every child has the inalienable right to live in safety, with their family, and in their homeland. </summary><author><name>Global Affairs Canada</name></author><category term="statements"/><updated>2025-11-18T09:01:50-05:00</updated><link href="https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2025/11/joint-statement-of-the-international-coalition-for-the-return-of-ukrainian-children-ahead-of-the-uns-world-childrens-day.html"/></entry><entry><title>Paris Joint Political Declaration on Achieving Gender Equality, Promoting Human Rights of All Women and Girls and Strengthening a Feminist Approach to Foreign Policy under the auspices of the 4th Ministerial Conference on Feminist Foreign Policies in Paris, October 22 and 23 2025</title><id>https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2025/10/paris-joint-political-declaration-on-achieving-gender-equality-promoting-human-rights-of-all-women-and-girls-and-strengthening-a-feminist-approach-.html</id><summary type="html">We, the undersigned Ministers and high representatives of governments, including Armenia, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Kosovo, Latvia, Liberia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Moldova, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Portugal, Rwanda, Slovenia, Spain, Thailand, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uruguay</summary><author><name>Global Affairs Canada</name></author><category term="statements"/><updated>2025-10-28T16:59:57-04:00</updated><link href="https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2025/10/paris-joint-political-declaration-on-achieving-gender-equality-promoting-human-rights-of-all-women-and-girls-and-strengthening-a-feminist-approach-.html"/></entry><entry><title>Joint statement: Shadow Fleet Task Force</title><id>https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2025/10/joint-statement-shadow-fleet-task-force.html</id><summary type="html">On October 8, 2025, Canada and Denmark convened a meeting of the Shadow Fleet Task Force. The following statement was jointly decided by participating members of the G7 and the Nordic-Baltic 8++: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, European Union, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom:</summary><author><name>Global Affairs Canada</name></author><category term="statements"/><updated>2025-10-10T14:17:27-04:00</updated><link href="https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2025/10/joint-statement-shadow-fleet-task-force.html"/></entry><entry><title>Foreign Ministers’ statement on international NGO restrictions</title><id>https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2025/08/foreign-ministers-statement-on-international-ngo-restrictions.html</id><summary type="html">The humanitarian suffering in Gaza has reached unimaginable levels. Famine is unfolding before our eyes. Urgent action is needed now to halt and reverse starvation. Humanitarian space must be protected, and aid should never be politicised.</summary><author><name>Global Affairs Canada</name></author><category term="statements"/><updated>2025-08-12T09:19:18-04:00</updated><link href="https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2025/08/foreign-ministers-statement-on-international-ngo-restrictions.html"/></entry><entry><title>Joint donor statement on humanitarian aid to Gaza</title><id>https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2025/05/joint-donor-statement-on-humanitarian-aid-to-gaza.html</id><summary type="html">The foreign ministers of Australia, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom, as well as the the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, the EU Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management and the EU Commissioner for the Mediterranean, today issued the following statement:</summary><author><name>Global Affairs Canada</name></author><category term="statements"/><updated>2025-05-19T13:26:08-04:00</updated><link href="https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2025/05/joint-donor-statement-on-humanitarian-aid-to-gaza.html"/></entry><entry><title>Diplomats for Equality Joint Statement</title><id>https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2024/08/diplomats-for-equality-joint-statement.html</id><summary type="html">“We, Canada and the undersigned Diplomatic Missions, join together once again as Diplomats for Equality to express our solidarity and support for two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and all other queer persons in Canada and around the world.</summary><author><name>Global Affairs Canada</name></author><category term="statements"/><updated>2024-08-25T13:15:20-04:00</updated><link href="https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2024/08/diplomats-for-equality-joint-statement.html"/></entry><entry><title>Media Freedom Coalition statement on transparency law in Georgia</title><id>https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2024/07/media-freedom-coalition-statement-on-transparency-law-in-georgia.html</id><summary type="html">The undersigned members of the Media Freedom Coalition express their deep concern about the declining freedom of media in Georgia. </summary><author><name>Global Affairs Canada</name></author><category term="statements"/><updated>2024-07-16T10:33:17-04:00</updated><link href="https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2024/07/media-freedom-coalition-statement-on-transparency-law-in-georgia.html"/></entry><entry><title>Biographical notes</title><id>https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2024/07/biographical-notes1.html</id><summary type="html">Patricia Atkinson (BA Hons [Social Sciences], University of Ottawa, 2002) joined the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in 2003, following an internship in Lithuania. </summary><author><name>Global Affairs Canada</name></author><category term="backgrounders"/><updated>2024-07-16T10:00:14-04:00</updated><link href="https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2024/07/biographical-notes1.html"/></entry><entry><title>Joint Statement in support of the International Criminal Court</title><id>https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2024/06/joint-statement-in-support-of-the-international-criminal-court.html</id><summary type="html">“As States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), we uphold that the Court, its officials and staff shall carry out their professional duties as international civil servants without intimidation. In line with the May 17, 2024, press release of the President of the Assembly of States Parties and the May 3, 2024, statement by the Office of the Prosecutor, we reconfirm our unwavering support for the Court as an independent and impartial judicial institution. </summary><author><name>Global Affairs Canada</name></author><category term="statements"/><updated>2024-06-15T11:57:37-04:00</updated><link href="https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2024/06/joint-statement-in-support-of-the-international-criminal-court.html"/></entry><entry><title>Joint Statement on DPRK-Russia Ballistic Missile Transfers</title><id>https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2024/01/joint-statement-on-dprk-russia-ballistic-missile-transfers.html</id><summary type="html">The following is a statement from the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of (at time of publication) Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Palau, Poland, Portugal, the Republic of Korea,  Romania, San Marino, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and the High Representative of the European Union, and the Secretary of State of the United States of America.</summary><author><name>Global Affairs Canada</name></author><category term="statements"/><updated>2024-01-09T20:14:09-05:00</updated><link href="https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2024/01/joint-statement-on-dprk-russia-ballistic-missile-transfers.html"/></entry><entry><title>Joint Statement by Canada and the Netherlands on the launch of the Global Declaration on Information Integrity Online</title><id>https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2023/09/joint-statement-by-canada-and-the-netherlands-on-the-launch-of-the-global-declaration-on-information-integrity-online.html</id><summary type="html">Information integrity is essential to help ensure the strength of democratic processes and to protect fundamental rights. The erosion of information integrity, including the propagation of disinformation, weakens the strength of democratic engagement because it hinders open public debate on important issues that affect all of us. Countries are coming together as a concrete step towards the development of international norms for addressing information integrity online that is rooted in democratic values. </summary><author><name>Global Affairs Canada</name></author><category term="statements"/><updated>2023-09-20T13:11:53-04:00</updated><link href="https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2023/09/joint-statement-by-canada-and-the-netherlands-on-the-launch-of-the-global-declaration-on-information-integrity-online.html"/></entry><entry><title>Minister Joly concludes participation at NATO Summit and Embassy opening in Lithuania</title><id>https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2023/07/minister-joly-concludes-participation-at-nato-summit-and-embassy-opening-in-lithuania.html</id><summary type="html">At the summit, Minister Joly underscored Canada’s steadfast support for NATO and Euro-Atlantic security as well as the country’s commitment to maintaining and strengthening the transatlantic bond and its determination to uphold the rules-based system...</summary><author><name>Global Affairs Canada</name></author><category term="news releases"/><updated>2023-07-11T21:12:51-04:00</updated><link href="https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2023/07/minister-joly-concludes-participation-at-nato-summit-and-embassy-opening-in-lithuania.html"/></entry><entry><title>Statement by the Equal Rights Coalition on the Anti-Homosexuality Act in Uganda</title><id>https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2023/05/statement-by-the-equal-rights-coalition-on-the-anti-homosexuality-act-in-uganda.html</id><summary type="html">The Equal Rights Coalition expresses grave concerns about the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023 which further criminalizes LGBTI persons in Uganda. The Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023 criminalizes same sex-relations with even broader and more draconian punishments for LGBTI conduct, including life imprisonment or death. In addition to criminalizing the “promotion of sexuality,” the law threatens LGBTI organizations engaged in human rights advocacy or engaged in health assistance programs, and criminalizes support to LGBTI organizations and those working on the human rights of LGBTI persons.</summary><author><name>Global Affairs Canada</name></author><category term="statements"/><updated>2023-05-30T09:00:05-04:00</updated><link href="https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2023/05/statement-by-the-equal-rights-coalition-on-the-anti-homosexuality-act-in-uganda.html"/></entry><entry><title>Media Freedom Coalition Statement on Iran</title><id>https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2022/12/media-freedom-coalition-statement-on-iran.html</id><summary type="html">We, the undersigned members of the Media Freedom Coalition (MFC) are highly concerned about the recent violent repression of freedoms of expression and peaceful assembly by Iran.</summary><author><name>Global Affairs Canada</name></author><category term="statements"/><updated>2022-12-01T10:00:17-05:00</updated><link href="https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2022/12/media-freedom-coalition-statement-on-iran.html"/></entry><entry><title>The Governing Council of the Community of Democracies statement regarding protest in Iran</title><id>https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2022/11/the-governing-council-of-the-community-of-democraciesstatement-regarding-protest-in-iran.html</id><summary type="html">“We, the following Member States of the Community of Democracies Governing Council (Argentina, Canada, Chile, Estonia, Guatemala, Lithuania, Morocco, North Macedonia, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay) express our solidarity with the courageous people of Iran, especially women, who are protesting against oppression by the Iranian authorities, including gender-based discrimination, human rights violations and abuses, and disproportionate use of force, and we are calling for justice, accountability, and respect for human rights and dignity."</summary><author><name>Global Affairs Canada</name></author><category term="statements"/><updated>2022-11-19T08:15:36-05:00</updated><link href="https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2022/11/the-governing-council-of-the-community-of-democraciesstatement-regarding-protest-in-iran.html"/></entry><entry><title>Media Freedom Coalition statement on International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists</title><id>https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2022/11/media-freedom-coalition-statement-on-international-day-to-end-impunity-for-crimes-against-journalists.html</id><summary type="html">The International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists was established on 2 November 2013, so that the international community could stand together in support of journalists and media workers, and demonstrate its commitment to fighting against impunity for crimes committed against them.</summary><author><name>Global Affairs Canada</name></author><category term="statements"/><updated>2022-11-02T09:29:44-04:00</updated><link href="https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2022/11/media-freedom-coalition-statement-on-international-day-to-end-impunity-for-crimes-against-journalists.html"/></entry><entry><title>Joint Statement on Ukraine’s application against Russia at the International Court of Justice</title><id>https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2022/07/joint-statement-on-ukraines-application-against-russia-at-the-international-court-of-justice.html</id><summary type="html">“We reiterate our support for Ukraine’s application instituting proceedings against the Russian Federation before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) under the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, which seeks to establish that Russia has no lawful basis to take military action in Ukraine on the basis of unsubstantiated allegations of genocide.”</summary><author><name>Global Affairs Canada</name></author><category term="statements"/><updated>2022-07-13T11:17:00-04:00</updated><link href="https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2022/07/joint-statement-on-ukraines-application-against-russia-at-the-international-court-of-justice.html"/></entry><entry><title>Minister Joly announces expansion of Canada’s diplomatic presence in Central and Eastern Europe and Caucasus</title><id>https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2022/06/minister-joly-announces-expansion-of-canadas-diplomatic-presence-in-central-and-eastern-europe-and-caucasus.html</id><summary type="html">The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, announced today an expansion of Canada’s diplomatic presence and capacity in Central and Eastern Europe and the Caucasus.</summary><author><name>Global Affairs Canada</name></author><category term="news releases"/><updated>2022-06-29T09:55:28-04:00</updated><link href="https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2022/06/minister-joly-announces-expansion-of-canadas-diplomatic-presence-in-central-and-eastern-europe-and-caucasus.html"/></entry><entry><title>Minister Joly meets with Baltic dignitaries</title><id>https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2022/06/minister-joly-meets-with-baltic-dignitaries.html</id><summary type="html">The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, this week welcomed to Canada Eva-Maria Liimets, Estonia’s former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gabrielius Landsbergis, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Zanda Kalniņa-Lukaševica, Latvia’s Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. </summary><author><name>Global Affairs Canada</name></author><category term="readouts"/><updated>2022-06-05T20:23:04-04:00</updated><link href="https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2022/06/minister-joly-meets-with-baltic-dignitaries.html"/></entry><entry><title>Minister Joly to participate in armchair discussion and joint media availability with Baltic counterparts</title><id>https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2022/06/minister-joly-to-participate-in-armchair-discussion-and-joint-media-availability-with-baltic-counterparts.html</id><summary type="html">The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, will participate in an armchair discussion hosted by the Toronto Metropolitan University’s Democracy Forum entitled “Ukraine, War and Peace”. She will be joined by her Baltic counterparts Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia Eva-Maria Liimets, Minister of Foreign Affairs to the Republic of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis and Zanda Kalniņa-Lukaševica, Latvia’s Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. At the event, they will discuss democracy under threat from authoritarianism, President Putin’s ongoing military aggression in Ukraine and the Canada-Baltic relationship. The discussion will be followed by a joint media availability. </summary><author><name>Global Affairs Canada</name></author><category term="media advisories"/><updated>2022-06-01T18:10:44-04:00</updated><link href="https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2022/06/minister-joly-to-participate-in-armchair-discussion-and-joint-media-availability-with-baltic-counterparts.html"/></entry><entry><title>Minister Joly to meet with Baltic counterparts in Québec City</title><id>https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2022/06/minister-joly-to-meet-with-baltic-counterparts-in-quebec-city.html</id><summary type="html">The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs will meet with her counterparts from the Baltic region, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia Eva-Maria Liimets, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis  and Zanda Kalniņa-Lukaševica, Latvia’s Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on June 2 in Québec City.</summary><author><name>Global Affairs Canada</name></author><category term="media advisories"/><updated>2022-06-02T08:43:07-04:00</updated><link href="https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2022/06/minister-joly-to-meet-with-baltic-counterparts-in-quebec-city.html"/></entry><entry><title>Minister Joly to welcome Baltic counterparts to Canada</title><id>https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2022/06/minister-joly-to-welcome-baltic-counterparts-to-canada.html</id><summary type="html">The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced that she will host the visit of Eva-Maria Liimets, Estonia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gabrielius Landsbergis, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Zanda Kalniņa-Lukaševica, Latvia’s Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, from June 1 to 3, 2022.</summary><author><name>Global Affairs Canada</name></author><category term="news releases"/><updated>2022-06-01T13:07:52-04:00</updated><link href="https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2022/06/minister-joly-to-welcome-baltic-counterparts-to-canada.html"/></entry><entry><title>Joint statement on Ukraine’s application against Russia at the International Court of Justice</title><id>https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2022/05/joint-statement-on-ukraines-application-against-russia-at-the-international-court-of-justice.html</id><summary type="html">Statement on behalf of Albania, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia &amp; Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States, European Union.</summary><author><name>Global Affairs Canada</name></author><category term="statements"/><updated>2022-05-30T15:21:20-04:00</updated><link href="https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2022/05/joint-statement-on-ukraines-application-against-russia-at-the-international-court-of-justice.html"/></entry><entry><title>Statement on behalf of the Chair of the Freedom Online Coalition: A call to action on state-sponsored disinformation in Ukraine</title><id>https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2022/03/statement-on-behalf-of-the-chair-of-the-freedom-online-coalition-a-call-to-action-on-state-sponsored-disinformation-in-ukraine.html</id><summary type="html">As 2022 Chair of the Freedom Online Coalition, Canada leads a coalition of 34 governments united by our belief that the same human rights people enjoy offline must be protected online.</summary><author><name>Global Affairs Canada</name></author><category term="statements"/><updated>2022-03-31T15:47:53-04:00</updated><link href="https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2022/03/statement-on-behalf-of-the-chair-of-the-freedom-online-coalition-a-call-to-action-on-state-sponsored-disinformation-in-ukraine.html"/></entry><entry><title>Statement from the Equal Rights Coalition on the nexus between democracy and the human rights of LGBTI persons</title><id>https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2021/12/statement-from-the-equal-rights-coalition-on-the-nexus-between-democracy-and-the-human-rights-of-lgbti-persons.html</id><summary type="html">On the occasion of the Summit for Democracy, the undersigned members of the Equal Rights Coalition (ERC) affirm that the revitalization of democracy within our own nations and around the world is essential to promoting and protecting human rights, especially for those most vulnerable including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) persons. Threats to the rule of law, rising levels of inequality, authoritarianism, and corruption are eroding democracy in every region, with grave consequences for LGBTI persons, among others.  Persistent criminalization of LGBTI status and ongoing violence and discrimination undermine the ability of LGBTI persons to fully participate in democratic and political processes.</summary><author><name>Global Affairs Canada</name></author><category term="statements"/><updated>2021-12-10T16:29:13-05:00</updated><link href="https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2021/12/statement-from-the-equal-rights-coalition-on-the-nexus-between-democracy-and-the-human-rights-of-lgbti-persons.html"/></entry><entry><title>Government of Canada announces adjustments to Canada’s border measures</title><id>https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/news/2021/11/government-of-canada-announces-adjustments-to-canadas-border-measures.html</id><summary type="html">The Government of Canada will adjust some of Canada’s border measures beginning on Nov. 30 to include additional COVID-19 vaccines accepted for entry to Canada and changes to certain exemptions, testing and ArriveCAN requirements.</summary><author><name>Public Health Agency of Canada</name></author><category term="news releases"/><updated>2022-02-04T10:31:23-05:00</updated><link href="https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/news/2021/11/government-of-canada-announces-adjustments-to-canadas-border-measures.html"/></entry><entry><title>Minister of Foreign Affairs to travel to Italy, Middle East, and Lithuania</title><id>https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2021/06/minister-of-foreign-affairs-to-travel-to-italy-middle-east-and-lithuania.html</id><summary type="html">The Honourable Marc Garneau, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced that he will be travelling to Italy, the Middle East, and Lithuania from June 27 to July 8.</summary><author><name>Global Affairs Canada</name></author><category term="news releases"/><updated>2021-06-23T14:31:58-04:00</updated><link href="https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2021/06/minister-of-foreign-affairs-to-travel-to-italy-middle-east-and-lithuania.html"/></entry><entry><title>Tribunal Finds Injury—Wheat Gluten from Australia, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany and Lithuania</title><id>https://www.canada.ca/en/international-trade-tribunal/news/2021/04/tribunal-finds-injurywheat-gluten-from-australia-austria-belgium-france-germany-and-lithuania.html</id><summary type="html">The Canadian International Trade Tribunal today found that the dumping of wheat gluten, originating in or exported from Australia, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany and Lithuania, has caused injury to the domestic industry. Anti-dumping duties will therefore be collected by the Canada Border Services Agency. The complainant in this case was ADM Agri-Industries Company of Windsor, Ontario.</summary><author><name>Canadian International Trade Tribunal</name></author><category term="news releases"/><updated>2021-04-21T10:27:40-04:00</updated><link href="https://www.canada.ca/en/international-trade-tribunal/news/2021/04/tribunal-finds-injurywheat-gluten-from-australia-austria-belgium-france-germany-and-lithuania.html"/></entry><entry><title>Statement of the Equal Rights Coalition on the serious Human Rights Violations and Abuses against LGBTI Individuals in the Chechen Republic of the Russian Federation</title><id>https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2021/04/statement-of-the-equal-rights-coalition-on-the-serious-human-rights-violations-and-abuses-against-lgbti-individuals-in-the-chechen-republic-of-the-.html</id><summary type="html">In December 2018, OSCE Moscow Mechanism rapporteur’s independent report on the situation in Chechnya found ‘clear evidence of the successive purges against LGBTI persons’ in Chechnya as well as of numerous other grave Human Rights violations. The report documented that LGBTI persons in Chechnya had been subjected to systematic harassment, persecution, arbitrary arrests and detentions, torture, enforced disappearances and extra-judicial killings.</summary><author><name>Global Affairs Canada</name></author><category term="statements"/><updated>2021-04-19T17:27:26-04:00</updated><link href="https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2021/04/statement-of-the-equal-rights-coalition-on-the-serious-human-rights-violations-and-abuses-against-lgbti-individuals-in-the-chechen-republic-of-the-.html"/></entry><entry><title>Media Freedom Coalition statement concerning media freedom in Myanmar</title><id>https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2021/04/media-freedom-coalition-statement-concerning-media-freedom-in-myanmar.html</id><summary type="html">The undersigned members of the Media Freedom Coalition express their deep concern with the continued efforts by Myanmar’s military and police to crack down on media freedom.</summary><author><name>Global Affairs Canada</name></author><category term="statements"/><updated>2021-04-16T13:08:38-04:00</updated><link href="https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2021/04/media-freedom-coalition-statement-concerning-media-freedom-in-myanmar.html"/></entry><entry><title>Joint statement on the WHO-Convened COVID-19 Origins Study</title><id>https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2021/03/joint-statement-on-the-who-convened-covid-19-origins-study.html</id><summary type="html">The Governments of Australia, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Israel, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, the Republic of Korea, Slovenia, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America remain steadfast in our commitment to working with the World Health Organization (WHO), international experts who have a vital mission, and the global community to understand the origins of this pandemic in order to improve our collective global health security and response. </summary><author><name>Global Affairs Canada</name></author><category term="statements"/><updated>2021-10-21T13:57:49-04:00</updated><link href="https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2021/03/joint-statement-on-the-who-convened-covid-19-origins-study.html"/></entry><entry><title>Joint statement by 19 states in support of the establishment of the International Accountability Platform for Belarus</title><id>https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2021/03/joint-statement-by-19-states-in-support-of-the-establishment-of-the-international-accountability-platform-for-belarus.html</id><summary type="html">Statement on behalf of Austria, Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America</summary><author><name>Global Affairs Canada</name></author><category term="statements"/><updated>2021-03-24T15:11:45-04:00</updated><link href="https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2021/03/joint-statement-by-19-states-in-support-of-the-establishment-of-the-international-accountability-platform-for-belarus.html"/></entry><entry><title>Statement of Members of the Governing Council of the Community of Democracies</title><id>https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2021/02/statement-of-members-of-the-governing-council-of-the-community-of-democracies.html</id><summary type="html">The following Members of the Governing Council of the Community of Democracies express grave concern for the Myanmar military’s removal of the democratically elected civilian government; for the arbitrary detention of civilian government leaders, civil society members, human rights activists, and journalists; and for restrictions on telecommunications services since February 1, 2021.  </summary><author><name>Global Affairs Canada</name></author><category term="statements"/><updated>2021-03-01T12:53:24-05:00</updated><link href="https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2021/02/statement-of-members-of-the-governing-council-of-the-community-of-democracies.html"/></entry><entry><title>Minister Ng discusses global trade and economic recovery in WTO ministerial meeting</title><id>https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2021/01/minister-ng-discusses-global-trade-and-economic-recovery-in-wto-ministerial-meeting.html</id><summary type="html">Today, the Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, participated in a virtual World Trade Organization meeting of fellow ministers. They discussed key priorities to strengthen the rules-based multilateral trading system in support of an inclusive, sustainable, and resilient global recovery. </summary><author><name>Global Affairs Canada</name></author><category term="news releases"/><updated>2021-01-29T12:15:43-05:00</updated><link href="https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2021/01/minister-ng-discusses-global-trade-and-economic-recovery-in-wto-ministerial-meeting.html"/></entry><entry><title>Minister Ng speaks with European Commissioner for Trade Valdis Dombrovskis</title><id>https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2021/01/minister-ng-speaks-with-european-commissioner-for-trade-valdis-dombrovskis.html</id><summary type="html">This morning, the Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, spoke with Valdis Dombrovskis, European Commission Executive Vice-President and Commissioner for Trade, regarding the importance of the continued flow of vaccines and medical supplies.</summary><author><name>Global Affairs Canada</name></author><category term="readouts"/><updated>2021-01-28T19:12:47-05:00</updated><link href="https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2021/01/minister-ng-speaks-with-european-commissioner-for-trade-valdis-dombrovskis.html"/></entry><entry><title>Tribunal Initiates Final Injury Inquiry — Wheat Gluten from Australia, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany and Lithuania</title><id>https://www.canada.ca/en/international-trade-tribunal/news/2020/12/tribunal-initiates-final-injury-inquirywheat-gluten-from-australia-austria-belgium-france-germany-and-lithuania.html</id><summary type="html">The Canadian International Trade Tribunal today initiated an inquiry to determine whether the dumping of wheat gluten originating in or exported from Australia, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany and Lithuania has caused injury or retardation or is threatening to cause injury. This final injury inquiry was initiated further to a notice received from the Canada Border Services Agency stating that a preliminary determination had been made respecting the dumping of the above mentioned goods.</summary><author><name>Canadian International Trade Tribunal</name></author><category term="news releases"/><updated>2020-12-24T14:22:52-05:00</updated><link href="https://www.canada.ca/en/international-trade-tribunal/news/2020/12/tribunal-initiates-final-injury-inquirywheat-gluten-from-australia-austria-belgium-france-germany-and-lithuania.html"/></entry><entry><title>Media Freedom Coalition ministerial communiqué</title><id>https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2020/11/media-freedom-coalition-ministerial-communique.html</id><summary type="html">We, the members of the Media Freedom Coalition, held our first ministerial-level meeting on November 16, 2020, to exchange views and coordinate action in the defence of media freedom worldwide.</summary><author><name>Global Affairs Canada</name></author><category term="statements"/><updated>2020-12-14T17:10:18-05:00</updated><link href="https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2020/11/media-freedom-coalition-ministerial-communique.html"/></entry><entry><title>Minister Champagne meets with Belarusian opposition leader and Baltic Group foreign ministers, wrapping up European visit</title><id>https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2020/10/minister-champagne-meets-with-belarusian-opposition-leader-and-baltic-group-foreign-ministers-wrapping-up-european-visit.html</id><summary type="html">The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Foreign Affairs, concluded his mission to Europe today with a stop in Lithuania, where he met with Belarusian opposition leader, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, to reiterate Canada’s support for the people of Belarus.</summary><author><name>Global Affairs Canada</name></author><category term="news releases"/><updated>2020-10-16T10:22:56-04:00</updated><link href="https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2020/10/minister-champagne-meets-with-belarusian-opposition-leader-and-baltic-group-foreign-ministers-wrapping-up-european-visit.html"/></entry><entry><title>Joint statement on Internet shutdowns in Belarus </title><id>https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2020/09/joint-statement-on-internet-shutdowns-in-belarus.html</id><summary type="html">We, the signatories, are deeply troubled by and condemn the recently reported and ongoing use of partial and complete Internet shutdowns, as well as targeted content blocking, by the Government of Belarus in the aftermath of the fraudulent 2020 Belarusian presidential elections. Shutdowns and blocking or filtering of services unjustifiably limit the rights of peaceful assembly and freedoms of association and expression, especially when they lack procedural fairness and transparency. In conjunction with restrictive measures and intimidation employed against opposition candidates and the mass arrests and detentions of Belarusian civil society members and journalists, actions to limit access to the Internet, including social media and other digital communication platforms, further erode civic space. We will continue to stand with the people of Belarus, who are making their voices heard in spite of these oppressive measures, and we are especially heartened by the critical and central role women are playing in calling for fairness and accountability.</summary><author><name>Global Affairs Canada</name></author><category term="statements"/><updated>2020-09-22T15:57:32-04:00</updated><link href="https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2020/09/joint-statement-on-internet-shutdowns-in-belarus.html"/></entry><entry><title>The CBSA launches an investigation into wheat gluten from Australia, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany and Lithuania</title><id>https://www.canada.ca/en/border-services-agency/news/2020/08/the-cbsa-launches-an-investigation-into-wheat-gluten-from-australia-austria-belgium-france-germany-and-lithuania.html</id><summary type="html">The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced today that it is launching an investigation to determine whether certain wheat gluten from Australia, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany and Lithuania is being sold at unfair prices in Canada. </summary><author><name>Canada Border Services Agency</name></author><category term="news releases"/><updated>2020-08-14T14:28:09-04:00</updated><link href="https://www.canada.ca/en/border-services-agency/news/2020/08/the-cbsa-launches-an-investigation-into-wheat-gluten-from-australia-austria-belgium-france-germany-and-lithuania.html"/></entry><entry><title>Joint Declaration of Support for Democratic Transition in Venezuela</title><id>https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2020/08/joint-declaration-of-support-for-democratic-transition-in-venezuela.html</id><summary type="html">We, a group of concerned countries including members of the Lima Group, the International Contact Group, the European Union, the United States, and others, call upon all Venezuelans, of all ideological tendencies and party affiliations, whether civilian or military, to put the interests of Venezuela above politics and engage urgently in support of a process shaped and driven by Venezuelans to establish an inclusive transitional government that will lead the country into free and fair presidential elections, sooner not later.</summary><author><name>Global Affairs Canada</name></author><category term="statements"/><updated>2021-10-18T12:46:56-04:00</updated><link href="https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2020/08/joint-declaration-of-support-for-democratic-transition-in-venezuela.html"/></entry><entry><title>Statement on Protecting Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and Promoting Gender-Responsiveness in the COVID-19 Crisis</title><id>https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2020/05/statement-on-protecting-sexual-and-reproductive-health-and-rights-and-promoting-gender-responsiveness-in-the-covid-19-crisis.html</id><summary type="html">Humanity is confronted with the unprecedented threat of COVID-19. Around the world, the pandemic is having a devastating impact on health systems, economies and the lives, livelihood and wellbeing of all, particularly older people. Responding effectively to this fast-growing pandemic requires solidarity and cooperation among all governments, scientists, civil society actors and the private sector. </summary><author><name>Global Affairs Canada</name></author><category term="statements"/><updated>2020-06-03T15:52:57-04:00</updated><link href="https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2020/05/statement-on-protecting-sexual-and-reproductive-health-and-rights-and-promoting-gender-responsiveness-in-the-covid-19-crisis.html"/></entry><entry><title>Statement by the Media Freedom Coalition on World Press Freedom Day</title><id>https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2020/05/statement-by-the-media-freedom-coalition-on-world-press-freedom-day.html</id><summary type="html">Today, we celebrate the fundamental principles of press freedom around the world.</summary><author><name>Global Affairs Canada</name></author><category term="statements"/><updated>2020-05-03T10:23:44-04:00</updated><link href="https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2020/05/statement-by-the-media-freedom-coalition-on-world-press-freedom-day.html"/></entry><entry><title>Minister Champagne to participate in NATO Foreign Ministers’ Meeting</title><id>https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2020/04/minister-champagne-to-participate-in-nato-foreign-ministers-meeting.html</id><summary type="html">The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced that he will participate in the NATO Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on April 2, 2020. The meeting will be conducted by video conference.</summary><author><name>Global Affairs Canada</name></author><category term="news releases"/><updated>2020-04-01T10:18:47-04:00</updated><link href="https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2020/04/minister-champagne-to-participate-in-nato-foreign-ministers-meeting.html"/></entry><entry><title>Minister of Foreign Affairs to welcome foreign minister of Lithuania to Canada</title><id>https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2020/02/minister-of-foreign-affairs-to-welcome-foreign-minister-of-lithuania-to-canada.html</id><summary type="html">The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced that he will host Linas Linkevičius, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, in Ottawa, Ontario, on February 27, 2020.</summary><author><name>Global Affairs Canada</name></author><category term="news releases"/><updated>2020-02-26T17:41:48-05:00</updated><link href="https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2020/02/minister-of-foreign-affairs-to-welcome-foreign-minister-of-lithuania-to-canada.html"/></entry></feed>