WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Canada’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs will head the country’s delegation to an international conference on Arctic cooperation in the US city of Anchorage, Alaska, Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs told Sputnik.
"Daniel Jean, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs will lead the Canadian delegation," the department’s spokesperson Diana Khaddaj said on Tuesday.
Khaddaj added Canada will be participating in "all elements of the Foreign Ministers’ discussions."
The Conference on Global Leadership in the Arctic: Cooperation, Innovation, Engagement and Resilience, or GLACIER, will be held on August 30 and 31.
Several foreign countries, including Russia, have accepted Washington’s invitation to the event.
The White House announced in July that US President Barack Obama would address the conference.
The Arctic summit is expected to focus on the most urgent issues facing the Arctic today. Foreign ministers of Arctic nations, as well as key stakeholders from non-Arctic states, will have a chance to outline the challenges of the region and come up with possible solutions.
