Thank you. That's very kind of you.
There are two points I want to make. One of them is not only to propose a special envoy for Sudan and the Sahel region, but also to fold it into Canada's Africa strategy, which was released in March. I think it can really buttress that international security piece, that component of it. As you know, that report was very much a transition. One of its new aspects was an emphasis on diversification for Canada, particularly with respect to trade and investment. I don't want to reduce this awful conflict to that. It's the place I'm from. However, I do think it's really important to highlight that. Sudan is very important for Canada, for that region and for the Sahel region.
Another thing to discuss, to conceive of or to contemplate is a Sudan working group in Global Affairs. That was a working group the Canadian government had in the past, and it can bring people together, particularly the expertise.
The final point is to really return to the practical matter of the Quad. I can discuss the transition and the reality of the Muslim Brotherhood, which is very different from Iran, for religious, ideological, strategic and economic reasons. However, I think it is really important, practically, for the Canadian government to consider what is going on with the Quad.
The framework itself has been reaffirmed by the African Union and by IGAD. Boulos, the special adviser to Trump, recently said that there is a second phase, the transition phase after the three-month truce, being discussed at the moment, and that is to bring in Qatar, Turkey and other countries. I think it would be useful, and it's something to think about, for Canada to be a really participatory actor in that particular phase because it has a great deal of experience in humanitarian intervention and peacebuilding.
I want to emphasize, finally, the issue of really bringing Sudanese civil society together as part of the transition, which is how conflicts usually end. That is very important. The majority of Sudanese are not Muslim Brotherhood. In fact, millions of them went to the streets, actually, to overthrow the Muslim Brotherhood regime, so we want to side with the Sudanese people, like those sitting behind me, like myself and others, and with those who are friends of Sudan.
Thank you.