FILE PHOTO: A flag is pictured outside the Russian embassy in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, March 26, 2018. REUTERS/Chris Wattie
(Reuters) - It was "unacceptable" for a Canadian official to have attended Russia Day celebrations at the country's embassy in Canada, foreign affairs minister Melanie Joly said on Sunday.
A deputy protocol chief in Canada's global affairs department, Yasemin Heinbecker, attended Friday's event, along with representatives of Egypt, Pakistan and some African nations, the Globe and Mail newspaper said in a report.
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