Anand meets with Rubio in Washington amid bilateral tensions

WASHINGTON — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand had her first official meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington on Thursday amid ongoing tensions in the bilateral relationship.

Anand and Rubio shook hands in front of Canadian and American flags in a room of the U.S. State Department. Neither responded to questions from reporters.

Anand and Rubio have previously spoken by phone, including in June ahead of the G7 Leaders’ Summit in Kananaskis. They also had a call in August and the State Department said they discussed the security situation in Haiti and the Middle East.

Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc cycled through Washington in July looking

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