“NATO, as a defensive alliance committed to collective security, has never been more important than today,” she said in an interview from the Alliance’s headquarters in Brussels. The Canadian minister met her counterparts from the 27 EU countries, illustrating the deepening of ties with Europe, at a time when Donald Trump is shaking up the world order.
The EU has an extremely important place in Canada’s efforts to diversify its trade and we will continue to build supply chains, develop commercial relationships in order to double, over the next ten years, the volume of trade outside the United States.”
“The EU has an extremely important place in Canada’s efforts to diversify its trade and we will continue to build supply chains, develop commercial relationships in order to double, over the next ten years, the volume of trade outside the United States,” she said. declared. Anita Anand, who also spoke with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, rejected the idea that Donald Trump had dealt a fatal blow to the defense alliance, created in 1949.
The strength of the organization
“NATO is a resilient alliance,” she assured. “It’s normal for member states to have divergent opinions, but the resilience of the organization means that we come together, we have difficult discussions, and we emerge from those discussions determined to defend collective security.”
The American president castigated European allies for their refusal to get involved in the war he launched with Israel against Iran. Washington also put the nerves of Europeans to the test by announcing the withdrawal of 5,000 soldiers from Germany, against a backdrop of controversy between Donald Trump and Chancellor Friederich Merz.
We need to step back and ask ourselves what are the interests of all 32 member states from a collective security perspective, at a time when the global threat environment is evolving so rapidly.”
In response, Anita Anand cited areas such as the fight against Russian activities in the Arctic among the important issues for NATO, where her country plays a key role. The Atlantic Alliance has promised to increase its focus on the Arctic region, as part of a deal with the US president aimed at convincing him to abandon his claims to the Danish territory of Greenland.
Strategic issues and the Ukrainian file
“We need to step back and ask ourselves what are the interests of the 32 member states from a collective security perspective, at a time when the global threat environment is evolving so rapidly,” the Canadian minister explained.
Anita Anand, who co-organized with the EU a conference on the return of Ukrainian children deported by Russia, also praised kyiv’s “resilience” for reversing a very difficult situation on the battlefield. “Ukraine always manages to defend its territorial integrity,” she said.
