Trudeau meeting with U.K. and Dutch leaders over Ukraine-Russia war
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived today outside London for a meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to discuss Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived today at the Royal Air Force Station Northolt outside of London for a meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to discuss Russia‘s invasion of Ukraine and to strategize on the response of NATO countries to the conflict.
The two were joined by their Dutch counterpart, Mark Rutte.
Trudeau said he was happy to be attending the tri-lateral meeting to support the Ukrainian people and to “hold Russia to account and stand up for democracy around the world.”
“We want to stand with the Ukrainian people and push back hard against Russia,” he said, adding he “wants to talk about countering misinformation and upholding the principles and values that they share.”
Johnson welcomed his “friend” Justin Trudeau to the airbase saying “Canada and the UK are at one on many things,” adding they were “particularly united in our stand against Putin`s aggression in Ukraine.”
In the following days, Trudeau will also be getting together with other leaders in Riga, Latvia, Berlin and Warsaw, Poland.
In addition, the prime minister’s busy agenda includes a meeting with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and a visit to the Latvian military base where hundreds of Canadian Forces personnel are contributing to Canada’s leadership in that country of NATO’s long-standing deterrence mission to bolster its eastern European flank against Russia.
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