US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will be in Ottawa on August 22 for meetings with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland.

According to a press statement by the US Department of State: “The discussions will focus on the broad and multi-faceted U.S.-Canada strategic partnership and identify opportunities to advance our shared goals, including returning democracy to Venezuela and the release of the two Canadian citizens arbitrarily detained by China.”