Europe and NATO will determine their own security, not Russia - Canadian Prime Minister Carney
Prime Minister of Canada Mark Carney stated that the future security architecture of Europe will be determined solely by European countries and NATO. Russia will have no say in what the security system on the continent will look like.
According to Censor.NET, "Ukrinform" reports this, citing the Canadian prime minister's remarks to journalists.
Carney emphasized that Russia will not dictate security rules in Europe
According to Carney, decisions regarding the security of a free Europe should be made by European countries themselves, in conjunction with NATO. He emphasized that Canada will continue to support its allies.
"The security architecture of a free Europe will be determined by a free Europe and NATO, not by Russia or the revised Minsk agreements," the prime minister said.
Carney also assured that Canada would not leave other Alliance members without support.
Canadian troops remain in Latvia
The prime minister noted that approximately 2,500 Canadian troops are stationed in Latvia. Canada also leads a NATO multinational brigade there.
Commenting on Russia's demand that NATO troops be withdrawn from the Baltic states and Poland, Karni stated that Moscow would not be granted a so-called "sanitary border."
"Russia will not get a cordon sanitaire. Everyone knows how 'well' that idea worked in the 1940s," he noted.
- "Cordon sanitaire" is a geopolitical term referring to a system of states that have joined together to create a barrier between countries whose interactions could pose a threat to others. The term was coined by French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau in 1919 in reference to the former Russian Empire.
