Canada's foreign affairs minister says a Canadian official's decision to attend a reception there on Friday was 'unacceptable.' Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says it was unacceptable for a Canadian official to attend a reception hosted by the Russian Embassy and is promising that nothing similar will happen again. No Canadian representative should have attended the event hosted at the Russian Embassy [and] no Canadian representative will attend this kind of event again," Joly wrote in a tweet Sunday night. Responding to the Globe and Mail, Joly's department at first defended Canada's presence at the Russian embassy event. "No Canadian representative should have attended the event hosted at the Russian Embassy and no Canadian representative will attend this kind of event in the future," said the GAC statement.

Source: CBC News June 13, 2022 16:10 UTC