Canada will open Rwanda Embassy to counter influence from the CCP and Russia

It is reported on June 22nd , Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly announced on the same day that Canada will open an embassy in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, as one of the steps to counter the influence of extremist regimes such as Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Russia in Africa.

Joly said that the global food crisis caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine has had a particularly serious impact on the 19 Commonwealth countries in Africa. Dealing with the emerging geopolitical consequences of the conflict in Ukraine is the “third phase” of Canada’s response to Russia’s war of aggression.