Meeting between Canadian, Turkish MPs airs out concerns in ‘frank’ discussions

The main concern addressed was about two Turkish-Canadians detained in Turkey, who have not had direct consular access, says MP Sgro.

MP Judy Sgro, centre, chair of the Canada-Turkey Parliamentary Friendship Group, greets Dr. Kani Torun, a Turkish MP and deputy chair of his government's foreign relations committee, right, on Aug. 9 while Turkish Ambassador Selçuk Unal looks on.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY CHELSEA NASH

August 10, 2016

Liberal MP Judy Sgro says a group of Canadian parliamentarians expressed their concerns about human rights in a "frank" discussion in Ottawa Tuesday with a visiting delegation of Turkish MPs following a coup attempt in Turkey on July 15. Two opposing Turkish delegations were on the Hill Tuesday t...

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