It’s up to Ukraine to decide how the war with Russia ends, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday.
“It is only Ukrainians that get to decide what is acceptable to them as an outcome of any peace negotiations,” he told reporters Wednesday in Brussels as he wrapped up a visit to Europe aimed at deepening Canada’s trade and defence ties with the continent.
His comments came hours after U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said it’s unrealistic for Ukraine to maintain the borders that existed before Russia’s 2014 invasion.
“Obviously people will have different perspectives around strategies, around positionings, but for us it’s very simple,” Trudeau said.
Trudeau met earlier in the day with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte and the European Union’s two most senior leaders, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa.
The Prime Minister’s Office said in a media release that in their …