Canada invites Turkey to North Korea crisis summit
TORONTO - Anadolu Agency
Canada on Dec. 20 invited Turkey to a summit of foreign ministers in Vancouver on Jan. 16 to seek progress on the North Korean nuclear crisis.
Turkish Ambassador to Canada Selçuk Ünal said Canada and the U.S. will jointly host the summit.
All nations that fought in the 1950-53 Korean War will be invited.
On Dec. 19, Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland announced during a joint press conference with visiting U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson that a meeting will be held “to put pressure on the North Korean regime to abandon its dangerous nuclear and ballistic missile programs.”
