GermanyB次元官网网址檚 president is visiting the Lower Mainland today on the third day of his four-day trip to Canada.
Frank-Walter Steinmeier is slated to take a tour of the Burnaby fuel cell company Cellcentric before going to Vancouver for a roundtable discussion with German and Canadian business representatives.
He will later be greeted by Premier David Eby, will tour Vancouver Harbour by boat and visit the University of B.C.B次元官网网址檚 Smart Hydrogen Energy District B次元官网网址� a soon-to-open hydrogen fuelling station.
Steinmeier was in Ottawa on Monday when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a German plane airlifted 58 Canadians out of Sudan as a conflict escalated in the countryB次元官网网址檚 capital.
At a reception in Ottawa, Steinmeier said growing global autocratic rule is putting inclusion and the rule of law at risk, and democracies must secure and protect those values against attack.
Steinmeier will travel north to Yellowknife and Tuktoyaktuk on Wednesday for events, including meetings with government officials and a tour of the Canadian Armed ForcesB次元官网网址� Joint Operations Centre in the North.
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