Canada FM to visit China this week: Foreign ministry

BEIJING, July 18:  Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly will visit China from Thursday to Saturday, Beijing's foreign ministry said, as the countries seek to mend frayed ties.

Joly is visiting at the invitation of her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, the ministry said in a statement.

The top Canadian diplomat has not travelled to China since taking over as foreign minister in 2021, but she did meet with Wang in February on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.
Relations between Beijing and Ottawa have been tense in recent years.    —AFP