Thank you.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the committee on Wednesday, November 8, 2023, the committee will resume its study of security at the borders between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
I'd now like to welcome our witnesses. We're very grateful to have two witnesses today from the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development. We have Mr. Robert Sinclair, who's the senior Arctic official and director general of Arctic, Eurasian and European affairs, and Mr. Andreas Weichert, who's the director of the eastern Europe and Eurasia branch.
As I understand, you have one opening statement. For your opening statement, you have five minutes, after which we will follow up with questions from members.
Mr. Sinclair, the floor is yours.