NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is visiting the Canadian Arctic this week as reports of Chinese and Russian interest in the area grow.
Stoltenberg’s visit beginning on Aug. 25 ends an over 70-year long period of Canadian-government opposition to NATO involvement in the region—highlighted by the federal government vetoing a statement in 2009 that would’ve declared NATO as having a major role in Canada’s Arctic.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau welcomed Stoltenberg to Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, on Aug. 25 to tour a military defense base and a research station before attending a briefing given by Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members. On Aug. 26, the pair will visit an air force base in the north of Alberta….