November 5, 2023 – Ottawa, Ontario – Global Affairs Canada The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced that she will be travelling to Tokyo, Japan, from November 6 to 8, 2023, to attend the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, hosted by Yoko Kamikawa, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan. Minister Joly will take part in sessions with her G7 counterparts to discuss the unprecedented and rapidly evolving conflict between Israel and Hamas, the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza, Russia’s ongoing war of aggression against Ukraine and shared challenges in the Indo-Pacific, including foreign interference. She will also meet with Minister Kamikawa and other foreign ministers, to discuss shared priorities such as strengthening the rules-based international order, promoting gender equality, protecting human rights around the world and addressing climate change.
