Mr. Matthew Levin at the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee

On February 26th, 2014. See this statement in context.

February 26th, 2014 / 4 p.m.

Director General, Europe and Eurasia Bureau, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

Mr. Garneau, as far as I'm aware, the Prime Minister has not spoken yet to Mr. Putin. The Prime Minister has made a number of outreach calls to various partners, but has not spoken to Mr. Putin yet.

We've had contacts with the Russian government at the senior official level, but not yet at the prime ministerial level.

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