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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold">January 7, 2007<br>
No. A/1</span></span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold">MINISTER MACKAY TRAVELS TO AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, SWEDEN AND
DENMARK</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of the Atlantic
Canada Opportunities Agency, arrived in Afghanistan today on a two-day visit to meet
with Canadian troops, diplomats and aid officials, as well as with Afghan President
Hamid Karzai, Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta, and Minister of Rural
Rehabilitation and Development Ehsan Zia.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">The Minister's trip to Afghanistan will be followed by visits to Pakistan, Sweden and
Denmark.</span></span></p>
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<td class="table1column2" width="86%" style="padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" valign="top"><p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">Media representatives interested in participating in the event by
teleconference should register by contacting the Foreign Affairs and
International Trade Canada Media Relations Office at 613-995-1874.</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">For more information, please contact:</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">Foreign Affairs Media Relations Office<br>
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada<br>
(613) 995-1874<br>
</span></span><a href="https://bac-lac.wayback.archive-it.org/web/20070221061436/http://www.international.gc.ca/"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="text-decoration: underline">http://www.international.gc.ca</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p>
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