Canada’s foreign affairs minister will hold a public event in Montreal today with his German counterpart, following Canada’s controversial decision to send parts of a Russian natural gas pipeline back to Germany.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says Melanie Jolie will participate in a “fireside chat” with German Federal Foreign Minister Analena Berbock hosted by the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal.
Before the chat, the two ministers will hold a press conference to discuss Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the war’s effects on energy and food prices.
In July, Canada said it would grant a Canadian company an exemption from Russian sanctions and allow the export to Germany of six turbines under maintenance in Montreal that are part of the Nord Stream 1 pipeline that runs from Russia to Germany.
That decision angered Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who called Canada’s actions unacceptable.
Russia has since cut natural gas supplies through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Germany amid tensions over the war in Ukraine, citing technical problems that Germany says are just an excuse for a political power play.
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