Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly said that she did not believe that the relationship between Canada and the United Kingdom changed after the British Prime Minister’s comments during a White House visit.
Friday, during a press conference in Vancouver, Joly said: “No country on Earth will be able to divide Canada and the United Kingdom”
“It’s just in our DNA to be close to the United Kingdom,” she said, noting that she is in contact with British Foreign Minister David Lammy and national security advisor Jonathan Powell.
“At the same time, we have to work together to resolve the unpredictability that comes out of the White House.”
While President Donald Trump continues to undermine Canadian sovereignty, Canada has tried to strengthen its relations with historical allies, such as the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.
Since the start of his second term, Trump has threatened several times that Canada has become the “51st state” and has referred to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as “governor”.
Joly’s comments one day come after British Prime Minister Keir Starmer insisted that the United States and the United Kingdom are on good terms.
During a press conference during the visit of the Starmer White House on Thursday, a journalist asked Prime Minister if King Charles spoke against Trump’s recent statements concerning the annex to Canada.
But the Prime Minister dodged the question, accusing the journalist of “trying to find a gap between us who does not exist”.
Starmer brought Trump an invitation from the king to visit Balmoral, a royal domain and a castle in Scotland.
“We are the closest to the nations, and we had very good discussions today. But we did not discuss Canada,” said Starmer while the president interrupted him, saying: “It’s enough”.
Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly said on Friday that countries determine what change in American leadership means for the world. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer minimized the 51st threat of state of President Donald Trump against Canada at a joint press conference on Thursday.
Roland Paris, a former Trudeau foreign policy advisor, described Starmer’s answer to the question on the unfortunate of Canada.
“Starmer could have easily said something as Canada is a sovereign nation,” said Paris. “Instead, he just took the opportunity to say that there was no difference between his position and Donald Trump’s position.”
Starmer apparently did not want to “ruin the mood” after what he described as a positive discussion with the president, said Paris, but the result was that the British Prime Minister “threw Canada under the bus”.
“Trump has created an environment in which there is so much uncertainty that countries rush to guarantee their own interests,” said Paris. “They don’t really pay much attention to the interests of other countries.”
In an event with the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade earlier Friday, Joly noted that she had warned her European counterparts of Trump’s potential threats and told them that Canada was the “coal mine”.
After Trump threatened with prices on the European Union, Joly said that she “had written them all, and I said,” I told you “.
