U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo offered that characterization during a wide-ranging speech in Finland today in which he also warned against China’s increased Arctic presence
OTTAWA — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is calling Canada’s claim over the Northwest Passage “illegitimate” in a major speech that is being criticized for being provocative and inaccurate.
Fen Hampson of Carleton University in Ottawa says Pompeo’s remark upends a gentleman’s agreement between Brian Mulroney and Ronald Reagan that allows the U.S. to designate the Northwest Passage an international waterway while Canada claims it as sovereign territory.
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