Prime Minister Justin Trudeau makes opening remarks at a meeting with Slovakian President Suzana Caputovaat at the NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Tuesday, July 11, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
VILNIUS, Lithuania – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the military will welcome Ukrainian officer cadets to Canada for an intensive training program developed in partnership with NATO.
Trudeau, who is in Vilnius, Lithuania, for the annual meeting of the military alliance, says the cadets will be trained at the Royal Military College in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que.
Trudeau says the Canadian military has helped train almost 40,000 Ukrainian military and security personnel through an operation based in Latvia.
He announced the expansion of that mission earlier this week, saying up to 2,200 Canadian Armed Forces members will be stationed there in the coming years as the NATO battlegroup ramps up to become a brigade.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy blasted NATO on Tuesday for failing to set a timeline for when his country can join the military alliance.
Trudeau met Zelenskyy earlier today, when the Ukrainian president thanked Canada for its support during the war and Trudeau pledged that will continue for as long as it’s needed.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 12, 2023.
