When US President Donald Trump repeatedly threatens Canada’s sovereignty with his 51st state of comments, British Foreign Minister David Lammy demands a unit – since the United Kingdom still does not directly push back on Trump’s annexation talk.
Lammy, who took part in other G7 external ministers in Quebecs Charlevoix region in Quebec this week, emphasized that “Canada is a strong, sovereign nation during a Canadian exclusive interview on CBCs”. The house Broadcast on Saturday.
“And (Canada) will continue to be a sovereign nation. I have no doubt,” said Lammy to host Catherine Cullen.
Lammy, who has a family in Canada, said he recognizes the fear of the Canadian when Trump continues to ask for Canada to become the 51st US state. However, he repeatedly refused to answer whether he was personally concerned about Trump’s rhetoric.
“This is a moment for unity,” said Lammy. “That was the point we emphasized in this G7. And everything I can say and can continue to say is that Canada is a sovereign country. It will continue to be a sovereign country.”
In an exclusive Canadian interview, the British Foreign Minister David Lammy said that it was “no time to sow unnecessary division” when he was asked about the threats of President Donald Trump, Canada.
Trump’s annexation discussion has questioned the relationships about Canada-U-U-U-U-U-Ou, how public king Charles should and should stand up for Canadian sovereignty Whether this comes together with British interests. Charles is head of state for both countries.
In the past two weeks, Charles met with the outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for a private audience, wore his Canadian medals during A top -class military visitplanted a red maple blade tree on the site of Buckingham Palace and gave his personal Canadian connection A sword in parliament.
But Charles did not speak publicly about the friction of Canada. At the end of February, he also caused a stir by inviting Trump to Balmoral, a royal property in Scotland. The Invitation was brought to Trump by British Prime Minister Keir Starrer during a visit to the White House.
At a press conference during the visit of Starrer, a journalist asked the British Prime Minister whether Charles had been mentioned about Trump’s annexation comments.
Starer deviated from the question and accused the journalist “to try to find a gap between us that does not exist”.
During a press conference with US President Donald Trump on Thursday, British Prime Minister Keir Starer Trump’s most recent lecture about Canada played down and said that reporters are looking for a separation between Washington and London that does not exist.
“We are the closest nations and had very good discussions today. But we didn’t talk about Canada,” said Starrer when the president interrupted him and said: “That is enough.”
When Lammy was asked why Charles Trump should welcome -a man who wants to annex a Commonwealth area -the British Foreign Minister repeated the words of Starger and said: “This is no time to sow unnecessary division.”
Lammy also confirmed that Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet with rigiders next week when Carney is flying to London – his first trip abroad on the new job.
Russia-Ukraine ceasefire
On Friday morning, Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly said that the G7 was united to support a ceasefire proposal for Ukraine supported by the USA, which was approved by Kyiv and is now waiting for a reaction from Russia.
“Ultimately, the ball is now in Russia’s court when it comes to Ukraine,” said Joly.
Lammy said that Russian President Vladimir Putin has to accept the conditions of the ceasefire “so that we can deal with the details of a negotiated peace so that Ukraine has the necessary security guarantees so that we can get permanent peace.”
In a joint statement published on Friday, the G7 Foreign Minister said that they “confirmed our unshakable support for Ukraine in defending their territorial integrity and right to exist, as well as their freedom, sovereignty and independence”.
The Foreign Minister also asked Russia to accept and fully implement the ceasefire
“We discussed that Russia is imposed on further costs if such an armistice is not agreed, including other sanctions, upper limits for oil prices as well as additional support for Ukraine and other means,” the explanation says.
Lammy said Canada “had ahead in Ukraine how the United Kingdom was” and he expects both countries to be part of the group that are committed to the competitive Ukrainians.
“So this coalition forms the will, and the United Kingdom and Canada are side by side,” said Lammy.
