Freeland, Pompeo discuss support for Ukraine amid ongoing Russian aggression

Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland and U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo talked about Ukraine during a meeting in Ottawa, Canada, on August 22.

“Secretary Pompeo and I had the opportunity to discuss a number of critically important issues. Those include this weekend’s meeting of G7 leaders in France, the crisis in Venezuela, Hong Kong, support for Ukraine in the face of ongoing Russian aggression, the situation in Kashmir, the Arctic, Japan and South Korea, the way towards ratifying the new NAFTA,” she said.

Freeland added that the discussions with Pompeo had been “fruitful” and recalled that “Canada and the United States in NATO are working together to deter Russian aggression in Eastern Europe, with Canada leading a robust multinational battle group in Latvia and the U.S. doing the same in Poland.”

“NATO is the cornerstone of the North Atlantic security – of North Atlantic security and defense, particularly now as we wrestle with old and new threats to North American and global security, including violent extremism, cyber attacks, and efforts by malign actors to undermine our democracies,” Freeland noted.

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