The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mélanie Joly, concluded her recent tour of Europe by saying that she delivered a “attention call” to the allies of Canada through the Atlantic about the economic and political threat that the Trump administration is posing for Canada.
“According to my conversations with many European colleagues, many of them are not necessarily aware of what is happening, first in the United States and the second in Canada,” he said during a call from Brussels on Tuesday.
Joly said Europeans have not spoken out loud against the threat of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, of Annexar Canada or dirty our economy with tariffs because “Europe has its own challenges” when dealing with Washington.
“It was necessary for him to be in Europe to tell them exactly what is happening, to ensure that we would coordinate any form of response to tariffs, and that we would be together defending our national security and sovereignty,” she, “she,” she, “she,” she, “she” , she “, she,” she, “she,” she, “she,” she, “she,” she, “she,” she, “she,” she, “she,” she, “she” “, said.
“In that context, it was a attention call for Europeans to listen to what we are happening.”
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The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mélanie Joly, says that her European counterparts are not aware of what is happening between Canada and the United States. He made the comments after a trip to France, Germany and Belgium.
Joly made the comments in Brussels, after concluding a one -week trip to France, Germany and Belgium.
While in Germany he attended the Security Conference of Munich from February 14 to 16, where he met with counterparts from the United States and Europe to discuss efforts to forge peace in Ukraine and the Middle East, and collaborate in sovereignty of the Arctic.
She said there were two main purposes behind the trip: the first was to meet with European allies to discuss trade, protect jobs and counteract the tariffs of the United States; The second was to discuss the future of European and Canadian security and find ways to work closer to Europe in defense and exchange of intelligence.
State 51 is not a joke that Joly says
Joly said that although he met with the United States Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, Trump’s threats to Annexar Canada, making him state 51, did not arise in those discussions.
The minister said he had to put several American senators who were part of the United States delegation directly on where Canada is on the issue of annexation.
“What I told the US delegation when some senators were making jokes about it: I said it is not fun,” he said.
“This is a matter of respect from our country, respect for our leaders and respect for our people,” he added. “We will never be a state, and we will never be a colony.”
Joly said he met with the United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer, but did not talk to representatives of the British monarchy about the possibility that King Charles made a public comment in defense of Canada’s sovereignty.
“We are in close contact with the British government, Keir Starmer,” he said. “And we are definitely working with them on the question of tariffs.”
While Canada prepares to organize the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alta., From June 15 to 17 this year, President Trump said he wants Russia to readmit to the group.
“I would love to recover them,” Trump said in the White House last week. “I think it was a mistake to throw them out. Look, it is not a matter of like Russia or not like Russia. It was the G8.”
Russia was expelled from G8 in March 2014 after the annexation of Crimea.
When asked if Canada would consider allowing Russia to return to the table, Joly said “in no way.”
