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BRAZILIAN FOREIGN MINISTER LAMPREIA TO VISIT CANADA
September 27, 1996 No. 175
BRAZILIAN FOREIGN MINISTER LAMPREIA TO VISIT CANADA
Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy today announced that Brazilian Foreign
Minister Luiz Felipe Lampreia will visit Canada early next week. Mr. Lampreia
will spend Monday, September 30, in Ottawa and Tuesday, October 1, in Toronto.
"I am pleased to have the opportunity to return the hospitality that Mr. Lampreia
and his government extended to me during my visit to Brazil in May 1996," said Mr.
Axworthy. "Canada is committed to expanding its relationships within the
hemisphere and in particular with Brazil, South America's largest and most
populous country."
While in Ottawa, Mr. Lampreia will meet with Prime Minister Jean Chrétien,
Minister Axworthy, and Minister for International Co-operation and Minister
Responsible for la Francophonie Pierre S. Pettigrew. On October 1, before leaving
for Toronto, he will also meet with Minister for International Trade Art Eggleton
to discuss ways to strengthen bilateral trade.
Brazil is Canada's major trading partner in South America and Canada is seeking to
expand this dynamic trading relationship. Canada-Brazil trade figures for 1995
reached $2.3 billion, up from $1.9 billion in 1994.
In Toronto, Mr. Lampreia will meet with members of the editorial board of The
Financial Post. He will also attend a luncheon with representatives of the
Canadian business community, hosted by Secretary of State (Latin America and
Africa) Christine Stewart and organized by members of the Brazil-Canada Chamber of
Commerce and the Canadian Council of the Americas.
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For further information, media representatives may contact:
Catherine Lappe
Director of Communications
Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs
(613) 995-1851
Media Relations Office
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
(613) 995-1874
This document is also available on the Department's Internet site:
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca
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