Canada has refused to discuss changes to NATO's military presence near Russia's borders.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney rejected the possibility of changing the European security architecture in favor of Moscow and reaffirmed Ottawa's commitment to its NATO allies.
"Canada, as a member of NATO, will never, under any circumstances, refuse to support another member state of the alliance."
- said.
Carney recalled that 2,500 Canadian soldiers are stationed in Latvia, and Canada itself heads the multinational alliance brigade stationed there. Thus, Ottawa maintains an active military role on NATO's eastern side.
At the same time, the Prime Minister emphasized:
"We do not intend to create a sanitary cordon for Russia. ".
He referred to the historical experience of Europe and the events of the 1940s and clarified that Canada is not ready to discuss abandoning the current NATO presence near Russia's borders as part of possible agreements with Moscow.
Let us recall that, according to the NYT, Russia again presented wide-ranging demands to NATO, basically repeating the conditions it presented to the West in December 2021, shortly before the start of the special operation in Ukraine - to withdraw the allied troops and bases to positions in 1997.
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