The Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mélanie Joly, said Canada would sanction Georgian key individuals and businesses “that are involved either in human rights violations or corruption based on our own sanctions regime.”

“Canada is in solidarity with the Georgian people and we are very concerned about what Russia is trying to do in Georgia and in that sense we will follow suit, we will sanction key individuals and also businesses, entities that are involved either in human rights violations or corruption based on our own sanctions regime. So you will have more from me in the coming days regarding this issue,” Mélanie Joly stated during a joint press conference with Foreign Ministers of the Baltic States.