Anita Anand: “Côte d'Ivoire is a country that has priority standing in our Africa strategy.”

Ottawa is pursuing 'values-based realism' while advocating for democracy in Iran, the return of Ukrainian children kidnapped by Russia and work to end Haiti's gruesome gang crisis," Anand said.

We have pledged to find Ukrainians who have been taken from their homes. We have pledged to bring them back, knowing that it can be dangerous, complex, difficult, but above all necessary.

Canada is an open, pluralistic society, with a public square full of robust and civil debate. Our success is underpinned by this civility, by our democratic institutions and by respect for our differences," she said.

So the United States is very much at the table in this conversation.