The federal government has cancelled arms export licences for Turkeys high-tech drone systems after areview found credible evidence that Canadian technology was diverted to Azerbaijan without Ottawas consent and was used in fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh last fall, Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau said today.

The U.S. Coast Guard is working with the Canadian government to send its medium icebreaker Healy through the Northwest Passage in late summer as part of Washington's strategy to expand American presence on the world's oceans, Canadian officials confirmed late Friday.

Conservative Sen.Leo Housakos is calling on Canada to recognize the independence of Nagorno-Karabakhand "immediately condemn the joint Azerbaijani-Turkish aggression" against the breakaway Armenian-populated region in the South Caucasus.

Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP) says it has suspended the delivery of aircraft engines to "countries with unclear usage" in the wake of reports thatsome of those engines are beingused onTurkish combat drones deployed by Azerbaijan in fighting against Armenian forces in Nagorno-Karabakh.

ArmenianPrime MinisterNikol Pashinyanurged the international community todayto follow Canadas example bysuspendingexports of military technology to Turkey after his defence officials claimed they had found Canadian components on a downed Turkish drone.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said todayhe spoke with his Armenian counterpartNikol Pashinyanthis morning to express Canadas concerns about the warin Nagorno-Karabakh between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces that has raged on for weeks.

Foreign Affairs Minister Franois-Philippe Champagnewas inVienna today formeetingswith officials of various international organizations and Austrian leaders to talk about flashpointsin Europe andAzerbaijan.