Melanie Jolie will not meet with Lavrov, but says she is ready to work with China

Ms Jolie says she is willing to cooperate with China on some issues, but says Russia should be treated as a pariah.

The Canadian minister will participate in a series of international summits, as will Russian minister Sergei Lavrov.

Even if invited to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) or G20 summit, it will refuse to do so. According to Ms. Jolie, Mr. A meeting with Lavrov would legitimize Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The minister had recently said Canada would try to limit its relations with China on issues ranging from human rights to intellectual property rights.

However, Ms. Jolie says she would agree to meet with Chinese leaders because Canada wants to work together on issues like climate change.

Isolate Russia

In fact, he is expected to sit next to the Chinese representative during the G20 on November 15 and 16 in Bali, Indonesia. Seats during these major international meetings are arranged alphabetically by country.

” The struggle for influence is on, the minister underlines. Our goal is to isolate Russia economically, politically and diplomatically. »

Mr. Ms Jolie notes that Lavrov walked out of a meeting of foreign ministers of G20 members last summer in the wake of pressure against Russia.

There is a growing consensus that what is happening in Ukraine is completely unacceptable.