Trudeau meets with allies at NATO summit to discuss Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is scheduled to meet with his fellow NATO leaders today at a special summit aimed at finding a path to end the fighting in Ukraine.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is scheduled to meet with his fellow NATO leaders today at a special summit aimed at finding a path to end the fighting in Ukraine.
Trudeau briefly spoke to the media before the start of the summit where he insisted that NATO was not just a geographical alliance, but a “group of countries who stand together because we believe in democracy, in the rule of law, in the defence of human rights and the values that underpin all of our societies.”
The PM added that the “illegal, brutal” invasion by Russia was unacceptable and NATO was “united” in their support for Ukraine and in condemnation of the continued attacks on the eastern European country.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine one month ago has left Europe facing its biggest security threat since the Second World War, and, Trudeau argued yesterday, a larger threat to the globe.
NATO secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg says the military alliance is set to green light sending more troops to the eastern part of Europe as part of talks to reset the alliance’s long-term deterrence and defence posture.
In talking about the goals for the summit, Stoltenberg added that NATO allies needed to show unity and “address this security crisis together. He anticipated that allies would make declarations of greater financial investment in defence spending.
“We need to do more and therefore we need to invest more and there is a new sense of urgency,” he said.
Ahead of the meeting, Stoltenberg told reporters at a news conference in Brussels on Wednesday that he expects the allies to sign off on the deployment of four new battlegroups in Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia.