Media Advisory

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\*\*(\*\***No. A/60 - August 18, 2011)** John Baird, Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister, will be available to reiterate Prime Minister Harper’s call for Bashar al-Assad, president of the current Syrian regime, to immediately step down so true reform can begin.

Minister Baird will, for the benefit of broadcast media, repeat the Prime Minister’s statement in both English and French. A brief question and answer period will follow.