Wednesday, 16 April 2014

Canada boycotts Arctic Council meeting in Moscow

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Canada boycotts Arctic Council meeting in Moscow
Ottawa (AFP) April 15, 2014 - Canada boycotted Arctic Council meetings in Russia this week in protest of Russia's "illegal occupation" of Ukraine, Minister Leona Aglukkaq said Tuesday. Aglukkaq is responsible for the Canadian Northern Development Agency and currently chairs the Arctic Council. She said the boycott of the working-group level meetings in Moscow was "as a result of Russia's illegal occupation of Ukraine ... more


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