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<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14pt"><span style="font-weight: bold">January 21, 2005 (<i>1:30 a.m. EST</i>)</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14pt"><span style="font-weight: bold">No. 13</span></span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold">STATEMENT BY MINISTER PETTIGREW ON THE DEATH OF ZHAO ZIYANG</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">Foreign Affairs Minister Pierre Pettigrew has made the following statement on the death
of Zhao Ziyang:</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">"On behalf of the people of Canada, I would like to extend condolences to the family of
Zhao Ziyang, who died earlier this week. Zhao Ziyang, who was the first senior Chinese
leader to visit Canada, was well known to Canadians as a pioneer of reform. Our
thoughts are with his family as they mourn their loss."</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">For further information, media representatives may contact:</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">Sébastien Théberge</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">Director of Communications</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">(613) 995-1851</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">Media Relations Office</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">Foreign Affairs Canada</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">(613) 995-1874</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">http://www.international.gc.ca</span></p>
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