Anand heads to France for G7 talks on Haiti, AI and Ukraine

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is travelling to France for a G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, where Canada says she will lead discussions on Haiti, artificial intelligence, Russia’s war against Ukraine and hybrid threats.

Global Affairs Canada announced the trip on Sunday, November 8. The department said the planned agenda also includes the Middle East, challenges across Africa and developments in the Indo-Pacific.

Anand is also expected to hold bilateral meetings with other foreign ministers. The announcement describes the discussions as planned meetings and does not report any negotiated outcome.

The details are in the Global Affairs Canada release dated November 8, 2026. The G7 includes Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States, together with the European Union.

Illustrative stock photo: a Canadian flag in Canmore, Alberta. Igor Kyryliuk and Tetiana Kravchenko / Unsplash (Unsplash License). Not the G7 meeting. Cropped and resized.