Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I thank the witnesses for their participation.
I confess that I had hoped to see you in person, now that the COVID‑19 restrictions are behind us. However, it is your privilege to appear virtually. Having said that, I must admit I was a little disturbed to see you in that reddish-light environment, Mr. Turner, which gives the impression that you're in the room of a warship or a submarine from which operations are being conducted. Perhaps that gives us some context at the moment.
Be that as it may, the April 2022 special report entitled “Supporting Armenian Democracy” prepared by Stéphane Dion, the Prime Minister's Special Envoy to the European Union and Europe, states: “At present, Armenia is the archetype of a democracy under intense pressure, which is striving to improve itself and, therefore, deserves Canada's full support.” Indeed, there is a provision in this report that emphasizes the importance of supporting Armenia, a fledgling democracy, which needs the support of a country like Canada.
Other than the opening of an embassy in Yerevan, which I will come back to if I have some time, what measures is Canada putting forward to support Armenia?