Carney says Canada will not waiver in NATO support, amid concerns over Ukraine talks

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Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada will not waiver in its support of NATO allies, as European leaders express concern at Russia seeking a reordering of continental security ...

MANILA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada will not waiver in its support of NATO allies, as European leaders express concern at Russia seeking a reordering of continental security in negotiations with Ukraine.

“There’s no way that Canada as a NATO member is going to walk away from any other NATO member — ever,” Carney said at a news conference Saturday in Manila.

His comments come amid talks brokered by the U.S. between Russia and Ukraine, aimed at ending Moscow’s incursions into Ukraine in 2014 which expanded into a full-scale invasion in 2022.

American and Russian negotiators have widened the discussions around borders and prisoners to include wider European security arrangements that have been in place since the end of the Cold War, in particular how NATO functions.

That has raised fears of pressure to soften the alliance’s stance that it will protect any NATO country that is attacked, including those which border Russia.

Carney said Saturday that Canada wants “more stable outcomes” than repeating historical missteps that involved trying to limit Russian expansionism without adequate deterrence. He cited steps taken in the 1940s, the Minsk agreements, and the French policy of cordon sanitaire.

“The security architecture for free Europe will be determined by free Europe and NATO, not by Russia and a redux of the Minsk agreement,” Carney said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation summit in Shenzhen, China next week, as will Carney.

The prime minister said he will not boycott the traditional “family photo” of leaders at the summit. “I will participate in the photos, out of respect for the host,” Carney said.

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