Visit to Kuwait and Iraq - January 21, 2019

January 21, 2019

The Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada visited Canadian military personnel in Iraq and Kuwait from January 18 to 21, 2019.

  • Governor General of Canada Julie Payette presents a framed photography to the Emir of Kuwait.
  • Governor General Julie Payette is sitting with three Kuwaiti gentlemen. Colorful flags are behind them.
  • Governor General Julie Payette wallks in Bayan Palace with Kuwaiti men.
  • Governor General Julie Payette watches a pilot and his co-pilot at work in an aircraft cockpit.
  • Governor General Julie Payette shakes a man's hand in the distance at the end of a red carpet while three guards dressed in red and wearing a white hat line up to the left of the carpet.
  • Governor General Julie Payette shakes hands with members of the Canadian Armed Forces.
  • Governor General Julie Payette addresses dozens of members of the Canadian Armed Forces gathered in a circle around her.