
You can watch Vassy Kapelos’s Canadian exclusive interview with Jens Stoltenberg in the video at the top of this article. “Canada will be part of that agreement,” he said, “I also expect Canada to deliver on the agreement we will make.” Stoltenberg has previously said he wants NATO members to see two per cent of GDP as the ‘floor’ and not the ‘ceiling’. The 86 FSS mission is to provide the Kaiserslautern Military Community (KMC) with the highest level of dedicated and focussed customer-driven community support that provides essential services through numerous activities, facilities, and programs. He said the alliance is in the process of working on a new defence spending target for NATO’s upcoming July summit in Vilnius, Lithuania. Welcome to Ramstein Air Base (RAB), Germany, home of the 86th Force Support Squadron (FSS). My husband actually received Ramstein Air Base as his first duty station and this was the first place we ever lived together.

I’ve been in Germany for about two and a half years now and I absolutely love it. Stoltenberg did not deny the comments were made both times he was asked. Hearing that you’re going to be stationed in Germany is always super exciting news. Power Play host Vassy Kapelos asked Stoltenberg twice whether Trudeau specifically admitted to him Canada will not reach its spending targets. STOLTENBERG EXPECTS CANADA WILL AGREE TO NEW TARGET intelligence.Īt the time of that report, the prime minister also didn’t deny it but insisted, “I continue to say and will always say that Canada is a reliable partner to NATO, a reliable partner around the world.” Stoltenberg’s comments come after The Washington Post reported on April 19 the prime minister privately told NATO officials Canada will never meet the two per cent target. Zuggys Base Camp will be closed for kitchen renovations starting 29 May. Canada spent 1.29 per cent of its GDP on defence in 2022, according to NATO’s annual report. Join us for an adrenaline-fueled adventure at the Military Motorcycle Rally in.

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NATO allies – including Canada – agreed in 2014 to a target of two per cent of GDP on defence spending. 102IW 108 WG 110 ATKW 113 WG 115FW 119 WG 128 ARW 131 BW 134ARW 150 SOW 165 AW 172 AW 179th AW 187 FW Barksdale Air Force Base Creech AFB Dover AFB Fort Jackson Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling Joint Region Marianas - Andersen AFB Kalkar - U.S. "There’s no way I can continue to sit down, discuss, with them if I start to report from each and every of those conversations.” Washington A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a bill in the House on Wednesday that would temporarily pause planned retirements of aging aircraft at Air National Guard bases. “I’m talking and I’m consulting and I’m meeting with heads of state and government, prime ministers and presidents, across the lines almost every week,” Jens Stoltenberg said in a Canadian exclusive interview on CTV’s Power Play with Vassy Kapelos Tuesday. NATO’s Secretary General is not denying that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau privately told the alliance Canada will never meet a defence spending target of two per cent of GDP.
