Thank you very much.
Indeed, the 27 member states of the European Union are ones in which we have focused a lot of attention in developing and maintaining a high degree of bilateral relations, regular contact, commercial relations, and investment relations, but you're absolutely right. Various countries will be acceding to the European Union in the near future. I'm thinking, as an example, that this summer Croatia will become the next member of the EU. Of course, the EU itself has various agreements with its neighbouring countries. I'm thinking of Turkey in this sense. There are both political and economic ties, and of course the EU has a long-standing dialogue with Russia.
We are very actively engaged, in accord with Canada's priorities, in advancing our interests with non-EU European countries. That is part of my job at the department. We are also very closely engaged with other government agencies and departments that are responsible for their respective areas.