Dr. James Fergusson at the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee

On May 11th, 2021. See this statement in context.

May 11th, 2021 / 5:10 p.m.

Professor, Centre for Defence and Security Studies, Department of Political Studies, University of Manitoba, As an Individual

Dr. James Fergusson

I think the Government of Canada needs to resolve this bilaterally with the Turkish government as a means to indicate to the Turkish government that this, for Canada, is not an issue about trying to punish Turkey for disagreements, or differences about internal Turkish behaviour, or differences over Turkish behaviour in Libya and Syria, or in Azerbaijan.

For Canada, this is a simple legal issue. It should develop in discussions with the Turkish government some form of firmer arrangements to ensure that this does not happen again. That's what we should be talking about.

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