Defence minister says NATO still plays a critical role
The survival of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is not in question, Canada’s defence minister suggested Feb. 1, nor is American involvement in the 68-year-old defence pact.
In a wide-ranging interview with Legion Magazine, Harjit Sajjan expressed confidence the treaty will prevail despite President Donald Trump’s threats to withdraw U.S. support.
“I’m confident that the importance of NATO involves all of the member states,” saod Sajjan. “I think the focus of the discussion will be: how do we make NATO even better? That’s something that we’ve always been striving for.”
Trump has called some NATO members “freeloaders.” Last month, he told the German daily Bild and The London Times that the 28-member alliance is “obsolete” and the arrangement is unfair to the United States.
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