Investing.com -- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio clarified on Wednesday that the upcoming G7 foreign ministers’ meeting would not include talks about the U.S. "taking over Canada." The gathering of ministers is set to happen in Canada on Thursday.
The Secretary’s comments came in response to questions from journalists about President Donald Trump’s remarks on the possibility of Canada becoming the 51st U.S. state. Rubio stated that the U.S. is collaborating with Canada on various matters, which will be the focus of the G7 meeting.
"We’re going to be focused in G7 on all of those things. That’s what the meeting is about. It is not a meeting about how we’re going to take over Canada," Rubio explained. The Secretary of State’s statement sets the agenda for the upcoming meeting, making it clear that the discussion of U.S. control over Canada is off the table.
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