Canada\u0027s foreign affairs minister said the two discussed shared priorities, including ongoing support for Ukraine and co\u002Doperating with NATO, but gave no…
Joly made the statement on Twitter following a video meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
The conversation between Joly and Blinken follows the secretary of state’s in-person meeting in Kyiv earlier this week with Austin and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. “It will be harder for them to replace some of this capability as they go forward because of the sanctions and the trade restrictions that have been placed on them.”Canada is moving in lockstep with the U.S. in that regard, Joly suggested.
He “noted the United States’ appreciation for Canada’s many commitments in response to Putin’s unprovoked, brutal war in Ukraine,” spokesman Ned Price said in a statement. “Whereas it used to take sometimes weeks to get equipment to the Ukrainians, we’re now getting things ⦠into Ukrainian hands in as little as 72 hours,” Blinken said.
“It’s a question of standing up for the basic principle that we strongly adhere to, that there should be and will be an open-door policy when it comes to their membership,” Blinken said.