Canada’s Foreign Minister Stephane Dion speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada, January 27, 2016. Chris Wattie/Reuters
OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion is sitting down with Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Laos, where the two are attending a meeting of Southeast Asian nations.
It’s the first meeting of its kind in years, and represents the most tangible move yet by the Liberal government to thaw relations with Russia.
Until now, contacts between Canada and Russia have been largely limited to discussions between bureaucrats since Russia seized Crimea from Ukraine in March 2014.
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Source: Macleans
