The presence of a Canadian diplomatic official at a Russian Embassy reception in Ottawa on June 10 was “unacceptable” says Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly.
“No Canadian representative should have attended the event hosted at the Russian embassy & no Canadian representative will attend this kind of event again,” she said in a Twitter post on June 12.
“Canada continues to stand with Ukraine as it fights against Russia’s egregious invasion.”
Joly was reacting to a story published in The Globe and Mail on June 12 that said Yasemin Heinbecker, the deputy chief of protocol at Global Affairs Canada (GAC), attended Russia Day celebrations at the embassy on June 10….