Canada has become an outlier among the 32-member NATO alliance, according to the media reports.
Over the past several years, Ottawa has become an outlier among the 32-member alliance. It has failed to hit domestically military spending goals, has fallen short on benchmarks to fund a new equipment and has no plans to get there.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived in Washington, DC to participate in this year’s NATO summit tat formally begins on Tuesday. According to his office, the summit will be an opportunity for the prime minister to reaffirm Canada’s commitment to Euro-Atlantic security and stability, particularly in the face of ongoing Russian aggression and destabilisation.
During his meetings, Trudeau will highlight Canada’s contributions to the NATO’s collective defence efforts across Europe, including through Operation REASSURANCE, Canada’s largest active overseas military deployment, his office said.
Politico said one of the 12 founding members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), Canada readily sined the 2014 pledge to spend 2 % of the GDP on defence, in the wake of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s seizure of Crimea in Ukraine.
The alliance as a whole might have been slow to get there, but this year, 23 of the 32 NATO members will hit the mark as fears grow along the alliance’s eastern front over Putin’s plans.
According to ‘Politico’, during the NATO summit, its members are expected to press Canada to come up with the cash while warning that things could get much worse if Donald Trump returns to the White House.
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