Jens Stoltenberg pointed to Moscow’s new Arctic command and its opening of hundreds of new military bases and Soviet-era sites
Source: NATO Secretary-General warns of ‘significant Russian military buildup’ in the High North
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“The visit is a way of highlighting Canada’s commitment to the Allied effort against Russia. The Arctic is one flank of that,” he said.
Prof. Greaves also said that, despite Mr. Trudeau’s assertion that Canadian policy has not changed, the visit does suggest a softening of Canada’s traditional stand of resisting NATO involvement in the Arctic. He said it shows that “the situation has shifted in light of the last six months, and that Canada won’t any longer have those same kinds of objections to an Allied presence in the North.”
