G20 Summit: John Baird

John Baird: While the G20 talks will focus on global economic issues and job creation, informal discussions about Syria will be held on the margins of the summit, Baird told reporters Wednesday while en route to Russia, according to CTV. s Omar Sachedina, who is covering the G20 summit, said Harper and Baird will have to contend with tensions between the U.S. and Russia, the latter of which has been supportive of the Syrian government and As world leaders gather in St. Petersburg, Russia for the G20 summit, the crisis in Syria has prompted several foreign ministers, including Canadas John Baird, to join their countries delegations. Obviously the crisis in Syria has become the biggest humanitarian challenge of this century and the escalation of the brutality of President Bashar Assads regime against the Syrian people is of such great concern that obviously we need to take some time to discuss how to properly address it, he said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.