WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Canada will participated in its Tuesday meeting in Vienna, Austria, that focused on advancing the intra-Syrian talks, Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Stephane Dion said in a press release.
“I am proud that Canada will now be at the International Syria Support Group,” Dion stated on Tuesday. “Together, we can and we must find a diplomatic solution to this conflict.”
The minister said the invitation for Ottawa to join the ISSG signals that the country is "making a difference" in countering the Islamic State, outlawed in many countries, including the United States and Russia, and bringing peace to Iraq and Syria.
The ISSG, co-chaired by Moscow and Washington, was formed in November 2015, shortly after the beginning of the Syria peace talks, as a panel of countries seeking to end bloodshed in Syria. The European Union, the Arab League, China, Iran, Turkey, and the United Nations are also members of the group.
