Canada's Top Diplomat Talks up Its 'Middle Powers Strategy' at UN
Anita Anand said the strategy aims to diversify trade and strengthen coalitions as Canada seeks new partners beyond the United States.
- On Tuesday, Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand promoted Canada's "middle power strategy" during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly as the international community's largest annual gathering got underway.
- Prime Minister Mark Carney initiated this focus in January at the World Economic Forum, warning of "a rupture in the world order" and urging middle powers to act together rather than accept "wishful thinking."
- Anand integrates trade, Arctic defense, and aiding Ukraine into her singular strategy while co-launching "Partners for Multilateralism" on the assembly's sidelines to encourage like-minded countries to collaborate on geopolitical shifts.
- Following her Tuesday interview, Anand is scheduled to deliver Canada's main address on Saturday, describing the country's foreign policy as "principled pragmatism" to implement the middle power strategy effectively.
- After letting negotiations with the United States collapse last month, Carney is deepening ties with the European Union and seeking free-trade deals with India by year's end to diversify Canada's economic partnerships.
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The Seattle TimesCanada’s top diplomat talks up its ‘middle powers strategy’ at UN
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Canada is embracing its growing prominence as a champion of “middle powers” at the U.N. General Assembly, Canada's top diplomat said in an interview Tuesday as the international community's biggest annual gathering got into gear.
For years, Canada was a fulfilling actor in the drama of international affairs. As a skilled and experienced collaborator, it did not often grab the spotlight when world leaders met at the UN every September.
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