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Canada, Mexico, U.S. release blueprint for tight economic and security ties National Post, June 28, 05

Canada, the United States and Mexico are committing to much broader and deeper economic and security integration to eliminate what Industry Minister David Emerson calls the "tyranny of small differences."

Prime Minister to travel to Ireland and attend G8 Summit in Scotland

NEWS RELEASE
June 28, 2005
Ottawa, Ontario

Prime Minister Paul Martin today announced that he will be in Dublin, Ireland, from July 4 to 5, 2005, and then in Perthshire, Scotland, to attend the Gleneagles G8 Summit from July 6 to 8, 2005.

[. . . . ] At the G8 Summit, the Prime Minister and the other G8 leaders will discuss climate change and Africa. Mr. Martin will focus on the urgent need to address climate change and on building momentum toward a successful United Nations Climate Change Conference to be held in Montreal later this fall. With regard to Africa, the Prime Minister will stress the importance of the long-term G8-New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) partnership based on mutual accountability. Other issues to be addressed include the global economy, non-proliferation and counterterrorism.

[. . . . ] The G8 is an informal group of eight developed democracies: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. [. . . . ]

June 27, 05
Joint Statement by Canada and Vietnam
Ottawa, Ontario

Prime Minister Paul Martin held talks today with Prime Minister Phan Van Khai of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, during the first official visit to Canada by a Vietnamese Head of Government. [. . . . ]

Prime Minister Martin welcomed the positive momentum of Vietnam’s economic, legal and judicial reforms and its significant achievements in poverty reduction, and noted Canada’s contribution to this process through its Judicial Education and Grassroots Development project announced in November 2004. Both leaders recognized the importance of Official Development Assistance to the bilateral relationship. Prime Minister Martin noted that Vietnam is one of 25 key development partners where Canadian assistance will be concentrated, in accordance with Canada’s new International Policy Statement. He committed to continuing to assist Vietnam in important areas of governance, rural development and basic education, as well as addressing the regional challenge of transnational health issues. The Prime Ministers witnessed the signature of two Memoranda of Understanding between the Canadian International Development Agency and the Government of Vietnam on banking reform and food and agriculture products quality and control.

The Prime Ministers also discussed Canada and Vietnam’s growing trade and investment relationship [. . . . ]

The two leaders noted their countries’ constructive cooperation in international fora such as the United Nations, La Francophonie, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and APEC, which Vietnam will host in 2006. Prime Minister Martin also reiterated that Canada looks forward to working closely with Vietnam as its next ASEAN coordinating country. [. . . . ]

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