Sentences with phrase «foreign affairs minister»

There is nothing new about the U.S. looking out for the interests of Boeing; as Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said Wednesday, just ask Airbus SE, the world's only other supplier of large commercial airplanes.

Perhaps emboldened by Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird's claim that China is a «friend and ally,» the Chinese appear to be putting this to the test.

The four - member Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group, lead by Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy, will arrive in Islamabad on Thursday.

The decision, according to a statement signed by foreign affairs minister Hanna Tetteh, is at the behest of the US government.

The official ceremony featured ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno - Ocampo, Lloyd Axworthy (former foreign affairs minister of Canada), Louise Arbour (United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and former Supreme Court of Canada Justice), Allan Rock (former Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations), and Kenneth Roth (Executive Director, Human Rights Watch).

Fander Falconí, Foreign Affairs Minister of Ecuador, has resigned due to differences with president Rafael Correa in the issue of the country's plan to protect the Yasuni reservation at the Amazon forest.

Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto — May 24, 2017 — While Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland undertakes private NAFTA renegotiation meetings in Mexico City, civil society will also hold their own discussions in the same city from May 26 - 28th.

The Volta Youth for Development was rooting for the Speaker of Parliament, Doe Adjaho, while another group pushed for foreign affairs minister Hanna Tetteh.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland in January 2017.

«We, the people of Ghana, have the power to bring about CHANGE in 2016, and return Ghana onto the path of progress and prosperity,» the former foreign affairs minister said.

Muhammadu Buhari is three years older than me, and you see what he is doing in Nigeria,» the former foreign affairs minister told the gathering.

Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop predicts her country's move will go global.

Foreign Affairs Minister Geoffrey Onyeama, made the plea in a joint communique issued at the end of a bilateral meeting between the minister and Mrs Retno Marsudi his counterpart from Indonesia.

Military politics The Edmonton Journal «s Graham Thomson recaps Foreign Affairs Minister David Emerson's whirlwind tour of Afghanistan, noting his comments on the security situation, corruption and other issues mirrored the trip itself: «low - key, cautious and short,» not to mention, in contrast with his predecessor, «gaffe - free.»

The former foreign affairs minister who is contesting the presidency for the third time will face - off with his old rival President John Mahama of the NDC in the November presidential and parliamentary polls.

The comments of the MP, who is notorious for inflammatory language, has attracted the anger of government officials such as Gender and Social Protection Minister, Nana Oye Lithur and Foreign Affairs Minister Hannah Tetteh, who have called on the MP to retract and apologise.

He was appointed Foreign Affairs Minister by former President, Olusegun Obasanjo.

«Our government shares the same conviction as the previous government, but it assesses the consequences of its chosen method of promoting this conviction differently,» said foreign affairs minister Stéphane Dion during a speech, according to The Globe and Mail.

Harper will also bring a sizable entourage of his cabinet for portions of the trip, including Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird, Employment Minister Jason Kenney, Industry Minister James Moore and Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver.

To resolve this impasse, on June 19th representatives of Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) purportedly suggested to the Australian Foreign Affairs Minister, Senator Bob Carr, that Taylor might be released if only the ICC apologized «for breaches in protocol», and on Friday, June 22nd the ICC expressed its «regret» that Ms. Taylor's actions gave «rise to concerns on the part of the Libyan authorities».

Nana Addo has so far appointed Member of Parliament for Ablekuma West constituency, Ursula Owusu, the National Women's Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Otiko Afisa Djaba and Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey as Minister for Communications, Minister for Gender and Social Protection and Foreign Affairs Minister respectively bringing the total number of ministers to 37.

Other members of the Ghana delegation were Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Charles Owiredu, Deputy Information Minister Ama Dokua Asiamah - Adjei and Ambassador at Large Dr. Edward Mahama.

Yesterday he accepted the honour with his wife from the French Foreign Affairs minister Laurent Fabius.

French Foreign Affairs Minister Laurent Fabius (center), President - designate of COP21 and Christiana Figueres (left), Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, hold hands as they react during the final plenary session at the Paris climate talks on December 12, 2015.

Law and Foreign Affairs Minister K Shanmugam said he wants to see the Chong Pang Cat Ownership programme replicated in other HDB estates.

Republic of Ireland Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan said in a statement that Brexit was partly responsible for the rise, with a 41 % increase in applications from Britain compared to 2015, and a 27 % in applications from Northern Ireland.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 9 BRUSSELS - The European Commission holds a conference, with speakers including EU Commission head Jean - Claude Juncker, German Foreign Affairs Minister Sigmar Gabriel, Italian Finance Minister Pier - Carlo Padoan, German Secretary for Finances Jens Spahn and the chairman of euro zone finance ministers Mario Centeno.

The paper quotes Foreign Affairs Minister Axworthy saying that until the human rights abuses end, the...

The maternal grandfather of Canada's foreign affairs minister worked on a Nazi - operated newspaper.

Its response Wednesday, in a statement from Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland's spokesman Adam Austen was: «As we stated at the conclusion of the first round of talks, we are committed to upgrading NAFTA and establishing 21st century standards supporting middle class jobs to the benefit of Canada, the United States, and Mexico.»

Chrystia Freeland embraces Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after being sworn - in as Canada's foreign affairs minister during a cabinet shuffle at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, January 10, 2017.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made Chrystia Freeland the new foreign affairs minister, giving her total control of U.S. relations and the challenge of stickhandling the America - first trade policy of incoming president Donald Trump.

Ms. Freeland, who takes over from Mr. Dion, will become one of the most powerful foreign affairs ministers in recent times.

The Americans are expected to clarify their demand for more stringent rules of origin in the auto industry during the Ottawa round — which explains why Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is meeting with a roundtable of auto parts manufacturers on Friday, as well as having lunch with former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and his team who negotiated the original Canada-U.S. free trade agreement.

Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Christia Freeland said that if restrictions are imposed on Canadian steel and aluminum products, the country will take responsive measures.

According to Mustapha Hamid, the former Foreign Affairs Minister finds the entire process used by the Mahama - led administration to accept the suspected terrorists flawed.

The Danish Foreign Affairs Minister, Anders Samuelsen, has stated that until a country lifts its people out of poverty to a larger middle class society, the population will not be concerned about a better environment, since they will be much more concerned about how to get their daily bread.

Former Foreign Affairs Minister Ojo Madueke is set for public service again.

Previous conferences in Oslo, Lima, Vienna and Wellington in the last 20 months have been leading up to the current summit, which Irish foreign affairs minister Micheal Martin says will be the «critical stage» of negotiations.

From 7:30 a.m. to 1:45 p.m., Norway's Foreign Affairs Minister Borge Brende, former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the administrator of the US Agency for International Development, Rajiv Shah, and Ghana's Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Minister Hanna Tetteh speak at a UN Foundation's Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves event; Conrad New York hotel, 102 N. End Ave., Manhattan.

Mr Lamido who was Nigeria's Foreign Affairs Minister between 1999 and 2003, was put on trial by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission alongside his sons, for allegedly embezzling state funds while he was governor.

Ghana's Foreign Affairs Minister Ms Hanna Tetteh had earlier stated that the «vicious attacks» were unfortunate, since the former NCCE boss is a lawyer and a professional capable of getting the EC Chair job on merit.

Meanwhile, Minister of Foreign Affairs Minister Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama was humiliated during the ward congress of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at his hometown, Eke, in Udi council Area of Enugu State, as all his candidates for the election were defeated.

Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Enugu State, Dr. Ben Nwoye, has accused Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, and Special Adviser to the President on Judicial Reform, Juliet Ibekaku, of masterminding his invitation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.