Canada will discuss its new strategy in the Indo-Pacific region with NATO, says Melanie Joly

Canada will discuss its new strategy in the Indo-Pacific region with NATO, says Melanie Joly

Melanie Joly (@melaniejoly), Canadian Foreign Minister, said at a press conference in Vancouver on Sunday that she would discuss Canada’s new strategy in the Indo-Pacific region with her NATO colleagues at a meeting in Bucharest next week.

Melanie Joly said, “I am heading to NATO next week. And we’ll be definitely talking about the Indo-Pacific strategy and our China policy with our European allies”.

Joly informed that Mary Ng (@mary_ng), Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business, and Economic Development, will visit Japan and South Korea in the near future to discuss new strategies with her colleagues in those countries. “Our goal is to be extremely close to these countries as well”.

Joly said that Canada has planned to spend 2.2 billion Canadian dollars (more than $1.64 billion) over five years on the implementation of Canada’s new strategy in the Indo-Pacific region, which consists of five tracks. To pinpoint in particular, Canada plans to increase its naval presence and actively invest in these regions.