Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mélanie Joly, announced on Wednesday an expansion of Canada’s diplomatic presence and capacity in Central and Eastern Europe and the Caucasus. Canada will convert its current offices in Estonia, Lithuania, and Slovakia – countries with strong and growing bilateral ties with Canada and key NATO Allies – into full embassies with resident ambassadors. This diplomatic expansion should help guide Canada’s response to evolving security threats, enhance political and economic cooperation to support European Allies, and further counter the impacts of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “I was pleased when my Canadian counterpart, Mélanie Joly, informed me in Madrid about Canada's decision to open its embassy in Slovakia," stated the Foreign minister Ivan Korčok. There is only the Canadian Embassy Office operating in Slovakia at the moment.
Source: canada.ca, TASR
