OTTAWA — Canada is rebuffing the Kremlin’s thinly veiled overtures that it might be willing to lift a travel ban on new Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland if it eases sanctions on Russia.
Joseph Pickerill, Freeland’s spokesman, says Canada won’t be playing any games of “quid pro quo” on the subject.
The Russian news agency Sputnik is reporting that the country wanted to improve relations with Canada and end the “sanctions war” between the two countries.
The report suggests, however, that it’s up to Ottawa to make the first move.
Freeland, who replaces Stephane Dion as Canada’s top diplomat, is among a dozen Canadians …read more
Source: National Newswatch
