“NATO, as a defensive alliance committed to collective security, has never been as important as it is today,” she said in an interview from the NATO headquarters in Brussels. The Canadian minister met with her counterparts from the 27 EU countries, highlighting the deepening ties with Europe at a time when Donald Trump is disrupting the global order.
“The EU plays an extremely important role in Canada’s efforts to diversify its trade exchanges, and we will continue to build supply chains, develop trade relations to double, over the next ten years, the volume of trade outside the United States,” she said.
“The EU plays an extremely important role in Canada’s efforts to diversify its trade exchanges, and we will continue to build supply chains, develop trade relations to double, over the next ten years, the volume of trade outside the United States,” she declared. Anita Anand, who also met 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 organization’s strength
“NATO is a resilient alliance,” she assured. “It is normal for member states to have divergent opinions, but the organization’s resilience means that we come together, have difficult discussions, and emerge from those discussions determined to defend collective security.”
The US president criticized European allies for refusing to engage in the war he launched with Israel against Iran. Washington also tested the nerves of Europeans by announcing the withdrawal of 5,000 troops from Germany amid controversy between Donald Trump and Chancellor Friederich Merz.
“We need to step back and ask ourselves what the interests of the 32 member states are from the perspective of collective security, at a time when the global threat environment is evolving so rapidly,”
In response, Anita Anand mentioned areas such as combating Russian activities in the Arctic among the important issues for NATO, where her country plays a key role. The Atlantic Alliance pledged to enhance its focus on the Arctic region, as part of an agreement with the US president to persuade him to abandon his claims on the Danish territory of Greenland.
Strategic challenges and the Ukrainian issue
“We need to step back and ask ourselves what the interests of the 32 member states are from the perspective of collective security, at a time when the global threat environment is evolving so rapidly,” explained the Canadian minister.
Anita Anand, who co-organized a conference with the EU on the return of Ukrainian children deported by Russia, also praised Kiev’s “resilience” in reversing a very difficult situation on the battlefield. “Ukraine always manages to defend its territorial integrity,” she stated.
