Obviously China, like every other country in the Indo-Pacific region, is well aware of the Indo-Pacific strategy that was developed by Global Affairs Canada and partner departments across the Government of Canada. I'll be as clear as I can be in terms of China's response. They're not spending a whole lot of attention and time thinking about our Indo-Pacific strategy. I don't think it has enhanced our dialogues going forward, but at the same time I don't think it has hindered our dialogues going forward.
One of the remarkable outcomes of the quiet diplomacy that has been going on between Canada and China over the past year, in the time when we've had our Indo-Pacific strategy published, was the ability for Canada to host, on China's behalf, the biodiversity conference in December 2022, when China was unable to host such a conference. In spite of all the difficulties that we have been and are experiencing with China, I think Canada demonstrated—maybe in a way better than almost any other country in the world—that we were able to work very efficiently, very quietly and very effectively with the Government of China to essentially host or co-host, on their behalf, that biodiversity conference in Montreal.
Between China and Canada, I think that was an extraordinarily impressive feat. It allowed China to save face, if you will, as they were planning to host a global conference, which they found out they were unable to do. Canada stepped up and, at the diplomatic and officials level, worked very effectively to host and co-host that conference in Montreal. I think that was a terrific outcome that happened. All the while, China was aware of our Indo-Pacific strategy having been launched.