Overview
- Ministers opened the latest session with Ukraine’s foreign minister Andrii Sybiha to reaffirm support as Russian strikes batter the energy grid.
- Canada accelerated a CAD 10 million payment toward its CAD 70 million pledge to the Ukraine Energy Support Fund to speed repairs before winter.
- Canada broadened participation by inviting partners including India, Australia, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, South Korea, South Africa and Ukraine.
- India’s S. Jaishankar attended and held multiple bilaterals, including with host Anita Anand, noting progress on the Canada–India Roadmap 2025 covering energy, trade and people-to-people ties.
- Talks emphasized critical-minerals supply-chain resilience and reducing reliance on China, while trade and defense-spending frictions with the U.S. constrained unified outcomes across issues such as Gaza, the Indo-Pacific, Haiti and Sudan.