Prime Minister Stephen Harper greets Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, prior to a meeting in his Langevin office.
Ottawa, Ontario - 23 March 2015
Prime Minister Stephen Harper held a productive meeting with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who was visiting Ottawa today.
During the visit, Prime Minister Harper and Secretary General Stoltenberg discussed key issues facing the Alliance and its partners, including NATO’s response to Russian military aggression in Ukraine. They also discussed the threat posed by the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) to Canada and its allies, the horrors that ISIL has inflicted on innocent civilians in Iraq and Syria, and the acts of terrorism it is supporting and inspiring in other parts of the world. In this context, they discussed Canada’s role in the U.S.-led Coalition’s efforts to disrupt ISIL and the Alliance’s central importance in ensuring security, building stability and responding to future threats.
The Prime Minister reiterated Canada’s commitment to continue to work closely with NATO and its allies on the important defence and security issues that affect the Euro-Atlantic region.
