The itinerary also includes a meeting with Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, with whom he will discuss actions to promote North American competitiveness, as well as deepening economic cooperation and supply chains.

This visit will strengthen the vital U.S. partnership with Canada to address shared objectives, added the State Department in Washington. Among other topics, the press release revealed that the visit will address issues related to the conflict in Ukraine, the internal situation in Haiti, and migration flows in the Americas. Blinken is also expected to attend a lithium recycling facility in Quebec.

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